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Gioachino Antonio Rossini
Nadar1856
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States
Rossini (1792–1868) is best known for the 39 operas he completed before his 39th birthday, including <em>The Barber of Seville</em>, <em>Othello</em>, and <em>William Tell</em>. An ardent gourmet who inspired dishes served to this day, his love of food is hinted at in this image by Nadar, one of the early and most successful portrait photographers. Nadar was obsessed with photographing (and selling portraits of) the celebrities of his time whether they be actors, politicians, or composers.
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- Title: Gioachino Antonio Rossini
- Creator: Nadar (French, 1820-1910)
- Date Created: 1856
- Physical Dimensions: Image: 24.4 x 18.8 cm (9 5/8 x 7 3/8 in.); Paper: 47.3 x 31.2 cm (18 5/8 x 12 5/16 in.)
- Provenance: Michael Mattis and Judith Hochberg, Scarsdale, NY, The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
- Type: Photograph
- Rights: CC0
- External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/2021.66
- Medium: salt print mounted on card
- Inscriptions: Imprinted in black ink on recto, lower right: "Photo Parisienne/[illegible] des Italiens", Written in pencil on verso: "Gioacchino Rossini (1792-1868/Grand Compositeur Italien (le Barbier de Seville)/ref Lewya Histoire de la Photographie", Written in pencil on verso: "#5048"
- Fun Fact: Composer Gioachino Rossini was nicknamed “the Italian Mozart.”
- Department: Photography
- Culture: France
- Credit Line: Gift of Michael Mattis and Judith Hochberg
- Collection: PH - French 19th Century
- Accession Number: 2021.66
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