Michele Enrico Carafa

Dantan, Jean-Pierre (1800-1869) (after a work of)

Ramelet, Charles (1805-1851)

Item type:

print

Date of creation:

1845-1850

Height:

15.5 cm  (6 1/8 in.)

Width:

11.0 cm  (4 5/16 in.)

Technique / Medium:

lithography

Place of creation:

Paris (France)

Description

Print represents a caricature/bust of Michele Carafa de Colobrano, an Italian musician active in Paris opera in the 19th century. Base is in the shape of a bottle (carafe!) with a pictogram for subject's name on its label. Published by Susse (Paris)

People as subjects

Carafa (de Colobrano), Michele (1787-1872) (Composer)

Image URLs

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Bibliographic references

Seligman, Janet. Figures of fun: the caricature statuettes of Jean-Pierre Dantan (London: Oxford University Press, 1957).

Sorel, Philippe. "Dantan Jeune (1800-1869) et les musiciens de son temps", RIdIM Newsletter 15/1 (spring 1990) 10-18. RILM 1990-5753.

RIdIM record id

560