Lot Essay
Christoph Willibald von Gluck (1714-1787), composer of operas, including Opheus and Eurydice (1762) and Alceste (1767)
Details
German School, circa 1740
A Gentleman, believed to be Christoph Willibald von Gluck, holding the neck of a viol and curved bow, half-length, facing right, in yellow coat with blue facings with silver frogging powdered hair en queue
on card, wood frame
rectangular, 2 3/4in. (70mm.) high
A Gentleman, believed to be Christoph Willibald von Gluck, holding the neck of a viol and curved bow, half-length, facing right, in yellow coat with blue facings with silver frogging powdered hair en queue
on card, wood frame
rectangular, 2 3/4in. (70mm.) high
Provenance
Mary Anna Palmer Draper