Early 18th.Century Hand Coloured Etching Gaetano Berenstadt, Francesca Cassini And Francesco Bernardi In Handel's Opera Flavio At The King's Theatre Haymarket 1723 Boxing 'Slade School' Circle of Mark

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30 by 41 cms

Early 18th.Century Hand Coloured Etching Gaetano Berenstadt, Francesca Cassini And Francesco Bernardi In Handel's Opera Flavio At The King's Theatre Haymarket 1723 Boxing 'Slade School' Circle of MarkEarly 18th. Century hand coloured etching depicting Gaetano Berenstadt (1687 1734) as Flavio, Francesca Cuzzoni as Emilia and Francesco Bernardi (called Senesino 1686 1758) as Guido in Act III, Scene 4 of Flavio, Re De Longobardi by George Frederic Handel. First performed on 14th February 1723 at the Kings Theatre, Haymarket. Anonymous artist formerly attributed to both John Vanderbank and William Hogarth. 26. 5 by 19 cms. Pl. 28. 5 by 21 cms. Sheet.