Portrait of the Composer Niccolò Jommelli
by BONITO, Giuseppe, Oil on canvas, 84 x 74 cm
Niccolò Jommelli (1714-1774) was a celebrated and much travelled composer from Naples. He was active in many Italian cities and went as far as Vienna and later Stuttgart where he was Kapellmeister to Duke Karl Eugen of W�rttemberg (1728-1793). In the present portrait he is represented half- length, in a blue coat and satin waistcoat.
Suggested listening (streaming mp3, 13 minutes):
Luigi Boccherini: Symphony in D minor (The House of the Devil