Portrait of the singer Rubini

Roubaud, Benjamin (1811-1847)

Item type:

print

Date of creation:

1838

Height:

37.0 cm  (14 9/16 in.)

Width:

25.5 cm  (10 1/16 in.)

Technique / Medium:

lithography on paper

Place of creation:

Paris (France)

Additional titles

Description

The tenor, Giovanni Battista Rubini, appears in operatic costume staring intently at the viewer. He has a small mustache, shaved in the middle, above his downward curved mouth with thin lips. His face is framed in a mutton chops beard, and his hair protrudes in waves from under the left side of his hat, which has a large, curved plume coming out of the middle of it. He is wearing a tunic fastened by a belt, a ruffled collar, and large, pleated sleeves. A cloak covers his left shoulder and side, and a sword is visible beneath the cloak. He is wearing hose on his thin, spindly legs. The series title and name of the journal are at the top, and a poetic caption and the name and address of the printer are at the bottom.

People as subjects

Rubini, Giovanni Battista (1794-1854) (Musician portrait)

Iconclass

48C8621
opera-singer (male)
32A5
caricatures (human types)

RIdIM images

Image URLs

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Notes

Illustration from the journal, Le Charivari.
Printer: "Imp. d'Aubert & Cie. / Chez Bauger R. du croissant 16."
The caption consists of a poem. Musical notes substitute for some of the words of the poem. It is possible that solfege syllables corresponding to the musical notes can be used to create words to complete the poem.
Caption: A-E-B-D-A-C oute affaire cessante / D'entendre un air glissant dans un gossier B-D / Tu vas voir Rubini, ce chanteur E-D / A-F-B le beauté de sa voix pénétrante / Dans un D-A tatif même te ravira / Car pour te delecter, le bon Dieu A-E-A.

RIdIM record id

5314