Sujet

'Berenstat, Cuzzoni and Senesino' c1725.Artist: William Hogarth

Légende

'Berenstat, Cuzzoni and Senesino' c1725. The Italian opera singers Gaetano Berenstadt (c1687-1735), Francesca Cuzzoni Sandoni (1700-1770) and Francesco Bernardi, known as 'Senesino' (c1686-1758) performing Handel's opera 'Flavio'. Berenstadt and Senesino were 'castrati' - male singers who were castrated before puberty in order to maintain a high singing voice. Illustration from Social Caricature in the Eighteenth Century ... With over two hundred illustrations by George Paston [pseudonym of Emily Morse Symonds], (London, 1905).
The Print Collector collection

Date

30 nov. 1999

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Notre référence

HRM19C24_453

Model release

Non

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

50,0Mo (8,3Mo) / 40,8cm x 30,7cm / 4820 x 3626 (300dpi)

Mots clés

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