Ghigo Roli photographer


Masters of Music

Paintings and engravings portraying the greatest composers in the history of classical music: from Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart to Johann Sebastian Bach and his sons, from Ludwig van Beethoven to Niccolò Paganini, among many others.

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 "Portrait of Gioacchino Rossini". Engraving .

"Portrait of Gioacchino Rossini". Engraving .

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 "Portrait of Clara and Robert Schumann at the piano". Engraving.

"Portrait of Clara and Robert Schumann at the piano". Engra...

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 "Portrait of Franz Liszt", engraving.

"Portrait of Franz Liszt", engraving.

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 "Portrait of Franz Joseph Haydn". Lithograph based on a pencil - charcoal drawing.

"Portrait of Franz Joseph Haydn". Lithograph based on a pen...

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 "Portrait of Johannes Brahms".

"Portrait of Johannes Brahms".

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 "Portrait of Richard Wagner". Lithograph based on a pencil - charcoal drawing.

"Portrait of Richard Wagner". Lithograph based on a pencil...

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 "Portrait of Franz  Schubert". Lithograph based on a pencil - charcoal drawing.

"Portrait of Franz Schubert". Lithograph based on a pencil...

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 "Portrait of Niccolò Paganini", lithograph.

"Portrait of Niccolò Paganini", lithograph.

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 "Portrait of Niccolò Paganini", engraving.

"Portrait of Niccolò Paganini", engraving.

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 "Portrait of Niccolò Paganini playing the violin, heliogravure.

"Portrait of Niccolò Paganini playing the violin, heliograv...

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 "Portrait of Niccolò Paganini", engraving at Artaria.

"Portrait of Niccolò Paganini", engraving at Artaria.

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 "Portrait of Gustav Mahler", photography.

"Portrait of Gustav Mahler", photography.

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 "Portrait of Niccolò Paganini", engraving.

"Portrait of Niccolò Paganini", engraving.

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 "Portrait of Johann Michael Haydn", engraving.

"Portrait of Johann Michael Haydn", engraving.

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 "Portrait of Ludwig van Beethoven", engraving.

"Portrait of Ludwig van Beethoven", engraving.

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 "Portrait of Ludwig van Beethoven", engraving based on a drawing by Louis Letronne.

"Portrait of Ludwig van Beethoven", engraving based on a dr...

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 "Portrait of Ludwig van Beethoven", engraving.

"Portrait of Ludwig van Beethoven", engraving.

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 "Ludwig van Beethoven", photogravure based on a painting by Carl Jaeger.

"Ludwig van Beethoven", photogravure based on a painting by...

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 "Portrait of Gioacchino Rossini". Engraving by Augustin Dupré.

"Portrait of Gioacchino Rossini". Engraving by Augustin Dup...

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 "Portrait of Giovanni Battista Pergolesi", engraving.

"Portrait of Giovanni Battista Pergolesi", engraving.

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 "Portrait of Fthe composers Saverio Mercadante, Gioacchino Rossini e Carl Maria von Weber". Engraving.

"Portrait of Fthe composers Saverio Mercadante, Gioacchino...

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"Apotheosis of Georg Friedrich Händel". Engraving from a painting by Thomas Hudson.

"Apotheosis of Georg Friedrich Händel". Engraving from a pai...

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 "Ludwig van Beethoven", pencil and charcoal drawing.

"Ludwig van Beethoven", pencil and charcoal drawing.

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 "Giuseppe Verdi in the period of Nabucco", pencil and charcoal drawing by G. Turchi.

"Giuseppe Verdi in the period of Nabucco", pencil and charc...

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 "Portrait of Franz Joseph Haydn". Lithograph.

"Portrait of Franz Joseph Haydn". Lithograph.

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 "Portrait of Domenico Scarlatti". Lithograph.

"Portrait of Domenico Scarlatti". Lithograph.

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 "Portrait of François Couperin". Lithograph.

"Portrait of François Couperin". Lithograph.

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 "Portrait of Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach". Lithograph.

"Portrait of Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach". Lithograph.

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 "Portrait of Johann Sebastian Bach". Lithograph.

"Portrait of Johann Sebastian Bach". Lithograph.

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 "Portrait of Johann Sebastian Bach". Engraving.

"Portrait of Johann Sebastian Bach". Engraving.

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 "Portrait of Johann Sebastian Bach". Photogravure.

"Portrait of Johann Sebastian Bach". Photogravure.

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 "Portrait of Jean-Baptiste Lully". Engraving.

"Portrait of Jean-Baptiste Lully". Engraving.

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 "Portrait of Georg Friedrich Händel". Engraving.

"Portrait of Georg Friedrich Händel". Engraving.

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 "Portrait of Henry Purcell". Engraving.

"Portrait of Henry Purcell". Engraving.

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 "Portrait of Alessandro Scarlatti". Engraving.

"Portrait of Alessandro Scarlatti". Engraving.

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 "Portrait of child Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart", lithograph, 1766.

"Portrait of child Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart", lithograph, 17...

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 "Portrait of Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina". Engraving.

"Portrait of Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina". Engraving.

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 "Portrait of Henry Purcell". Engraving.

"Portrait of Henry Purcell". Engraving.

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 "Portrait of Georg Friedrich Händel". Lithograph.

"Portrait of Georg Friedrich Händel". Lithograph.

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Engraving representing portraits of the major composers, with a dedication to the Marquis A. Corsi.

Engraving representing portraits of the major composers, wit...

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 "Portrait of Arcangelo Corelli". Engraving.

"Portrait of Arcangelo Corelli". Engraving.

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Tartini's dream", illustration by Louis-Léopold Boilly (1761-1845) referring to the anecdote of the dream that inspired the composition of the sonata in G minor for violin and continuo, better known as the devil's trill.

Tartini's dream", illustration by Louis-Léopold Boilly (1761...

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 "Portrait of Arcangelo Corelli". Engraving by John Smith.

"Portrait of Arcangelo Corelli". Engraving by John Smith.

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 "Portrait of Johann Christian Bach". Engraving by Agostino which represents the musician in a medallion and an allegory of Music.

"Portrait of Johann Christian Bach". Engraving by Agostino...

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 "Leopold, Marianne e Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in a family concert". Engraving, 1764 based on a Watercolor by Louis Carrogis Carmontelle, ca. 1763.

"Leopold, Marianne e Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in a family co...

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 "Portrait of Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina". Engraving.

"Portrait of Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina". Engraving.

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 "Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and the Austrian soprano Caterina Maddalena Giuseppa Cavalieri, born Katharina Magdalena Josepha Cavalier". Engraving.

"Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and the Austrian soprano Caterina...