A pretty young woman, elegantly dressed, stands, her petticoats lifted up, while a lean and elderly man (left) fits on false posteriors. She wears feathers in her hair, and a nosegay; she looks over her right shoulder. At his side is a large pot, inscribed "colla di parma" [glue of parma], in which is a brush. This is intended to indicate that he is the composer colla born at parma about 1730. From his coat-pocket papers protrude inscribed "abel riceuta" and "cantata del principe chigi in occasione del apertura del pantheon". On the floor is an oboe lying under a paper inscribed "cantata per il benefizzio" [sic]. By the pot are a lyre, a laurel wreath, and a paint-brush. C. 1775 [dated c. 1780 by dorothy george, but perhaps somewhat earlier. ]
etching. Date: between 1770 and 1780. Dimensions: Height: 179 mm; Width: 103 mm. Medium: paper. Depicted People: Lucrezia Agujari. Collection: British Museum. Colla di Parma (BM 1868,0808.4730)
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