Price: $225.00
SKU: 97790
MEDIUM: Lithograph on Chine-collé,
DATE: undated, circa 1856.
EDITION SIZE: Paper size 13 3/4 x 11 1/8" (35.2 x 28.3 cm). Chine-colle sheet 11 5/8 x 9 3/8".(29.5 x 23.9 cm).
DESCRIPTION: "lith. v. Desguerrois & Comp." This portrait shows the Dutch composer Richard Mulder (1822-74) and his sister, Cecile, sitting at a piano, Cecile is playing while Richard is turning the music pages. Soon after this portrait was made Richard Mulder married the Austrian American soprano Inez Fabbri (1858). <BR><BR> Richard Mulder is also noted as being *"Pianist and Composer for Her Majesty the Queen of Holland" - Queen Sophie of the Netherlands (1818-1877). The woman depicted in this lithograph could also be Queen Sophie. There is a strong resemblance and a painting exists of the Queen wearing the same dress. <BR.> <BR.>*from, "Musical memories" by G. P. Upton
ADDITIONAL INFO:
CONDITION: Overall good condition. Some for some minor surface soiling.
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