Portrait of Niccolo Paganini ('the devil's violinist")
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Title
Portrait of Niccolo Paganini ('the devil's violinist")
Description
Paganini was such a talented violist that people believed he exchanged a deal with the Devil. From him, the violin began to be believed 'the devil's instrument' something Roxana alludes to in the novel.
Creator
Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres
Source
Private Collection but was once in the MET (New York) https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/337364
Date
1819
Contributor
Megumi Gupta
Rights
Public domain
Format
Drawing (Counterproof or tracing strengthened with graphite and gouache on translucent paper)
Type
Drawing
Still Image Item Type Metadata
Original Format
Drawing
Physical Dimensions
9 7/16 x 7 5/16 in. (24 x 18.5 cm)
Files
Citation
Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres, “Portrait of Niccolo Paganini ('the devil's violinist"),” Enlightenmens, accessed March 22, 2023, http://enlightenmens.lmc.gatech.edu/items/show/483.