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Gasparo Luigi Pacifico Spontini (1779-1851)
(18th and 19th Centuries )
Gasparo Luigi Pacifico Spontini (1779-1851), Italian composer, settled in Paris where he made his reputation with works performed at the Théâtre-Italien and the Opéra-Comique. Empress Josephine appointed him her personal music director, and in 1812, Friedrich Wilhelm III named Spontini director of music at Berlin, where he stayed until the king's death in 1840.
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Provenance
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Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Geographies
France, Paris (Place of Origin)
Measurements
Diam: 5 1/2 in. (13.9 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by Henry Walters
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
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54.830