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Frontispiece for Haydn's Creation
Pierre-Philippe Choffard (French, 1730–1809)
After: Raphael (Raffaello Sanzio or Santi) (Italian, 1483–1520)
Author: Franz Joseph Haydn (Austrian, 1732 – 1809)
Formerly attributed to: Anonymous, German, 18th century
After: Raphael (Raffaello Sanzio or Santi) (Italian, 1483–1520)
Author: Franz Joseph Haydn (Austrian, 1732 – 1809)
Formerly attributed to: Anonymous, German, 18th century
1800
Medium/Technique
Etching, proof before letters
Credit Line
Gift of Miss Aimée and Miss Rosamond Lamb
Accession Number69.1006
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
DescriptionThis is the frontispiece for the December 1800 French edition of the piano-vocal score of Franz Joseph Haydn's Creation. Franz-Joseph Haydn, La Création du monde, oratorio en trois parties, traduit de l'allemand mis en vers français par Joseph A. Ségur..., arrangée pour le piano et pour être exécuté au Théâtre des arts le 9 nivôse an 9 par D. Steibelt. (Paris: Melles Erard; Lyon: Garnier, [1800])
InscriptionsAbove image, in reverse, in needle script: Die Schöpfung ... .
ProvenanceAccession date: June 11, 1969