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Letter from Jeanne Récamier to Giovanni Battista Sartori, year unknown June 24 : autograph manuscript signed.

BIB_ID
433820
Accession number
MA 2675
Creator
Récamier, Jeanne Françoise Julie Adélaïde Bernard, 1777-1849.
Display Date
Place of writing not identified, year unknown June 24.
Credit line
Purchased, 1968.
Description
1 item (4 pages) ; 18.3 x 11.3 cm
Notes
Based on the contents of the letter, it appears to have been written after Canova's death in 1822.
Signed with initials.
Sartori was the half-brother of Antonio Canova and is often referred to as "Abbé Canova."
Provenance
Ownership stamp of Damiano Muoni; purchased from H. D. Lyon, 26 September 1968.
Summary
Concerning a subscription for a monument honoring Antonio Canova; mentioning Count Leopoldo Cicognara and M. de la Rochefoucauld.