Paganini Playing and Studies of Heads

Henri-Louis-Hippolyte Poterlet French

Sitter Niccolò Paganini Italian

1820–35

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Title: Paganini Playing and Studies of Heads
Artist: Henri-Louis-Hippolyte Poterlet (French, Paris 1804–1835 Paris)
Sitter: Niccolò Paganini (Italian, Genoa 1782–1840 Nice)
Date: 1820–35
Medium: Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash
Dimensions: 8 x 6 3/8 in. (20.3 x 16.2 cm)
Classification: Drawings
Credit Line: Bequest of Alexandrine Sinsheimer, 1958
Object Number: 59.23.67
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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