Luigi Boccherini

Batoni, Pompeo (1708-1787) (formerly attributed to)

Unknown


Item type:
painting
Date of creation:
ca. 1764-1767
Height:
133.8 cm  (52 11/16 in.)
Width:
90.7 cm  (35 11/16 in.)
Technique / Medium:
oil on canvas

    Item location

  • National Gallery of Victoria
    [Museum inv. no.: 1210-5]

Description

Composer Luigi Boccherini plays a violoncello.

People as subjects

Boccherini, Luigi (1743-1805) (Composer as performer)

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Violoncello [3582]

Image URLs

image link 1

Bibliographic references

Le Guin, Elisabeth. Boccherini's Body: An Essay in Carnal Musicology (Berkeley: Univ. of California Press, 2006) 39-40. RILM 2006-5968.

Notes

No mention of this portrait is found in Anthony M. Clark's Pompeo Batoni: a complete catalogue of his works (NYU Press, 1985).

RIdIM record id

406