Pasta, Giuditta - Grisi, Giulia - Original Portrait Drawings by Chalon 1833 (NOT SIGNED)
Superstar Italian sopranos (1797-1865 and 1811-1869, respectively).
A gorgeous original pencil drawing dated 1833, featuring Pasta and Grisi as Norma and Adalgisa for the London premiere of Bellini's opera "Norma" on June 1833, probably by famous portraitist Edward Chalon (1780-1860).
Each portrait is 4.1 x 6.4 inches (visible window size) mounted on an easily removable mat for a total size of 14 x 9.7 inches, rust tone over the borders of each portrait, otherwise in very good condition.
No documentation is available to support authorship by Chalon, but the drawings were sold at an auction as such, authenticated.
This item is not signed by any of the sopranos or the artist.
Original: $1,080.00
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Superstar Italian sopranos (1797-1865 and 1811-1869, respectively).
A gorgeous original pencil drawing dated 1833, featuring Pasta and Grisi as Norma and Adalgisa for the London premiere of Bellini's opera "Norma" on June 1833, probably by famous portraitist Edward Chalon (1780-1860).
Each portrait is 4.1 x 6.4 inches (visible window size) mounted on an easily removable mat for a total size of 14 x 9.7 inches, rust tone over the borders of each portrait, otherwise in very good condition.
No documentation is available to support authorship by Chalon, but the drawings were sold at an auction as such, authenticated.
This item is not signed by any of the sopranos or the artist.
