Tartini

Details

FREDERICK SMALLFIELD (British, 1829-1915)
Tartini
signed with initials, dated and inscribed 'F.S./Florence 1863' (lower right); titled 'Tartini' on label (on the reverse)
watercolour
40.5 x 68 cm

Provenance

The Maas Gallery London
Acquired from the above on 26 January 1996

Special notice

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Lot Essay

"Tartini, the famous violinist (1698-1770) is said to have dreamt that Satan borrowed his violin and played him an air of marvellous and weird beauty. The musician fashioned the remembrance of this dream-music into his 'Trillo del Diavolo', known to the English as 'The Devil's Sonata'" (The Maas Gallery, London)

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