Okänd konstnär 1800-tal
Portrait of Adele Maria Juana "Adelina" Patti
Portrait of Adele Maria Juana "Adelina" Patti
Oval, indistinct signature with monogram FKP (?). Canvas 60 cm.
Provenance
The Gunnar Jacobson Collection. See lot 1144.
More information
Adele Juana Maria Patti, called Adelina, was the daughter of Caterina Barili-Patti and Salvatore Patti. She became one of the most famous sopranos of her time. Patti married three times; first with Henri de Roger de Cahusac, marquess of Caux. They divorced in 1885. Then, she married the tenor Ernesto Nicolini in 1886; the marriage lasted until his death. Patti's last marriage was to baron Rolf Cederstrom, a Swedish aristocrat. She had no children and settled with the baron in Swansea Valley in south Wales, after her retirement, where she purchased, Craig-y-Nos Castle.
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