Giuseppe Verdi | Large signed photograph, inscribed to Marie Delna ("la charmante Quickly"), 1895

Giuseppe Verdi

Large photograph, signed and dedicated to the singer Marie Delna

inscribed below the image "A Mad. Marie Delna, la charmante Quickly, avec estime et amitié, St Agata 15 Mai 1895"

showing the composer seated with a hat on his lap, by Ferrario of Milan (blind-stamp on mount), 33.5 x 25cm, copyright notice by Ricordi, deframed, Sant'Agata, 15 May 1895, some marks and discolouration on the card mount

Marie Delna (1875-1932) was Mistress Quickly in the first French production of Verdi's Falstaff, at the Opéra-Comique on 18 April 1894. She was also one of the singers at the premiere of Verdi's 'Laudi alla vergine' from the Quattro pezzi sacri (7 April 1898).