Sold for:
$2,640
$2,640
Bellini, Vincenzo (1801-1835) Autograph Letter Signed, 19 December 1834. Single page, with addressed self envelope. To Francesco Florimo (1800-1888), in Italian, introducing young Antoine Elwart (1808-1877), who is headed to Naples. Bellini asks Florimo to introduce Elwart to Niccolo Zingarelli (1752-1837) and other important musicians in Naples. In brown ink on onion-skin paper, old folds, four small thumbtack punctures, and two slight brown adhesions (tape?), 10 1/2 x 8 in. Elwart won the Prix de Rome in the same year for his "Omaggio alla memoria di Vincenzo Bellini."
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2013-11-17
