Portrait Of Adelina Patti - L. Frossard (active In Vienna Around 1870) Opera

L. FROSSARD
(active in Vienna around 1870)
Portrait of Adelina Patti (1843-1919)
Oil on canvas
H. 100.5 cm; L. 73.5 c
Signed lower left

If the artist maintains a certain discretion with respect to history, he works in Vienna around 1870 and seems French. On the back of our portrait, a mark on the canvas proves its Austrian origin.

Our model is well known in the world of opera since it is the Italian singer Adelina Patti whose hour of glory is around the date of our portrait, around 1865-70. Trained in New York where she spent her early years with her musician parents, she then pursued her career quickly in London, then in Paris taking the big roles of Carmen, Gioconda, Luisa Miller, etc. She performed on stage until 1906 at almost 60 years old.