Italian School, circa 1810

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Italian School, circa 1810
A young lady called Giuseppina Grassini (1775-1850), the celebrated opera singer, full face in white dress with high lace collar, red cashmere stole with blue tasselled border draped around her shoulders and pinned with a gold cameo brooch at her right shoulder, white bonnet in her dark curling hair; pillar and steps background with high wall beyond and a building with cupola beyond
rectangular ormolu frame with pierced spandrels surmounted by laurel leaf and berry wreath
oval, 2 9/16 in. (65 mm.) high
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The backing paper is inscribed 'Mme Grassini 1ere cantatrice 1810'.

Grassini was famed for her incredible voice and dramatic ability. She became one of Napoleon Bonaparte's mistresses

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