Lithographic Plate
Part of a series of 21 plates published in: Sigismond Stern, Manuel général de musique à l'usage de l'enseignement elementaire du chant, des instruments et de la composition, Paris: Brandu, 1850, 4o, XI-107. A complete copy of the publication of 1850 is kept in Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale, V17 570.
Plate 3: Violoncello. "A. J. Tolbecque, Lauréat du Concours de 1849, Elève de Mr. Vaslin, Professeur au Conservatoire."
Designed by Alexandre-Desire Collette (1814-76), signed "A Collette."
Plate 3: Violoncello. "A. J. Tolbecque, Lauréat du Concours de 1849, Elève de Mr. Vaslin, Professeur au Conservatoire."
Designed by Alexandre-Desire Collette (1814-76), signed "A Collette."
Artwork Details
- Title: Lithographic Plate
- Maker: Alexandre Désiré Collette (French, 1814–1876)
- Date: 1850
- Geography: Paris, France
- Culture: French
- Medium: Lithographs
- Dimensions: Lithographs: H. 6-1/2 in., W. 5-1/4 in.
Total measurement with matte: H. 11-1/4 in., W. 10 in. - Classification: Works on Paper
- Credit Line: Purchase, Clara Mertens Bequest, in memory of André Mertens, 2008
- Object Number: 2008.302.14
- Curatorial Department: Musical Instruments
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