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Ecole napolitaine, XVIIIe siècle Portrait d'un castrat, supposé être Carlo Boschi, dit le Farinelli, avec une partition de Scarlatti Portrait of a castrato, said to be Carlo Boschi, called Farinelli, with a music score by Scarlatti sans cadre unframed image 1

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Ecole napolitaine, XVIIIe siècle
Portrait d'un castrat, supposé être Carlo Boschi, dit le Farinelli, avec une partition de Scarlatti
Portrait of a castrato, said to be Carlo Boschi, called Farinelli, with a music score by Scarlatti sans cadre
unframed

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17 – 18 November 2022, 14:00 CET

Paris, Avenue Hoche

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Ecole napolitaine, XVIIIe siècle

Portrait d'un castrat, supposé être Carlo Boschi, dit le Farinelli, avec une partition de Scarlatti
Portrait of a castrato, said to be Carlo Boschi, called Farinelli, with a music score by Scarlatti
huile sur toile
oil on canvas
115 x 89.3cm (45 1/4 x 35 3/16in).
sans cadre
unframed

Footnotes

Provenance:
With Galleria Salamon, Milan, in 1998 (as by Giacomo Ceruti)
Private collection, Milan

Federico Zeri attributed the present canvas to the Neapolitan School, XVIII century, although it has been previously given to Giuseppe Pascaletti (1699-1757) and Giovanni Battista Lampi (1751-1830) in the past (see photo 64665, Fototeca Zeri).

Saleroom notices

Veuillez noter que l'orthographe du nom du castrato dit le Farinelli est Carlo Broschi
Please note that the correct name of the castrato Le Farinelli is Carlo Broschi

Nous remercions Michael Hardy d'avoir suggéré une identité possible pour le modèle de Niccolo Jommelli (1714-1774).
We are grateful Michael Hardy for suggesting a possibility identity for the sitter of Niccolo Jommelli (1714-1774).

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