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Il Violino Magico   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
Title
Il Violino Magico
Description
English: Paganini sleeping on a bed surrounded by clouds, dreaming of being presented with a violin by the devil - a horned, smiling figure with taloned wings; at upper left, three witches stand in front of a walnut tree
Lithograph
Depicted people Portrait of: Niccolò Paganini
Date 1831
date QS:P571,+1831-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Medium paper
Dimensions
Height: 278 millimetres
Width: 392 millimetres
institution QS:P195,Q6373
Current location
Prints and Drawings
Accession number
2018,7076.6
Notes This extraordinary image testifies to the legends that swirled around Paganini, and to the hysteria that his talent caused in his audiences. The violinist is shown sleeping in a dishevelled state, dreaming of an encounter with a strikingly benevolent-looking devil. In the upper right corner, witches are seen gathering beneath the 'walnut tree of Benevento', which was the title of one of Paganini's most popular pieces. Perhaps the most striking thing about the portrait is that, according to Minasi's dedication, Paganini sat for it in person and we can therefore presume that he endorsed this remarkably audacious iconography.
Source/Photographer https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_2018-7076-6
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