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| Keywords: Antonio Vivaldi portrait.jpg Morellon La Cave engraving which appears to be a modified mirror reflection of it It is striking how the engraving and the painting 'secularize' Vivaldi they contain no hint of his identity as a priest The fashionable though slightly informal dress and self-confident attitude of the composer resemble very closely those of Telemann in the well-known engraving by Georg Lichtensteger Ghezzi's sketch at least shows Vivaldi in a clerical collar but still wearing a wig Two years later in the anno santo of 1725 Innocent XIII was to ban the wearing of wigs by priests There is disagreement over whether the hint of red showing in front of the centre of the composer's wig in the painting is a sly reference to his famous hair-colour or simply an unpainted part of the canvas Whatever the case it is not out of place to observe that contrary to the belief of many modern illustrators Vivaldi's wigs were never coloured red Michael Talbot The Vivaldi Compendium 2011 p 148 The proposition that the painting actually depicts Antonio Vivaldi has been questioned by some sources e g by Groves dictionary fr Portrait d ™un violoniste vĂ©nitien du XVIIIe siècle gĂ©nĂ©ralement considĂ©rĂ© comme Ă©tant celui de Vivaldi 1723 painting Institution Museo internazionale e biblioteca della musica di Bologna http //www empire k12 ca us/capistrano/Mike/capmusic/baroque/Vivaldi/VIVportrait jpg other versions LKMK logo jpg classical music composers montage JPG <gallery>Vivaldi jpg</gallery> PD-old-100-1923 DEFAULTSORT 1723; Vivaldi Museo internazionale e biblioteca della musica Bologna Antonio Vivaldi 1720s paintings in Italy 1723 portrait paintings Male 18th-century portrait paintings of men at half length 18th-century portrait paintings in Italy Allonge wigs in paintings Baroque violin Male musicians with musical instruments Portrait paintings holding quills Portraits with violins | ||||
