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Lucca
Lucca (prov.)
Toscana

Via San Frediano 8

Niccolò Paganini

1783 - 1840
an Italian violinist, violist, guitarist, and composer
(Wikipedia)

Giannetto Salotti
1940

Description

Stone plaque with a small portrait medaillon above it. On the medaillon is his name niccolò paganini

Inscription(s)

in questa casa
fu ospite nel 1809
della famiglia bucchianeri
NICCOLÒ PAGANINI
amore e povertà
ne tormentavano il genio
ma la città musicale
dava al suo arcano violino
le ali della gloria

il comune di lucca e la reale accademia lucchese
nel centenario dalla morte
posero

Signature

(medaillon) Salotti

Sculptor

Giannetto Salotti (Lucca 1918 - 2013), Italian sculptor (Artisti Lucchesi – Obituary).

Sources & Information

Edoardo De Carli, Chi era Costui?

Locatie (N 43°50'45" - E 10°30'15") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: itto161; Photograph: 16 May 2017
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