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Portrait of Claude Le Jeune
Artist: Edward Francis Burney (English, 1760-1848)
Date: ca. 1800
Medium: Ink on paper

  Very fine portrait drawing of this noted 16th Century composer. Signed in pencil "E.F. Burney" at lower right margin.
  Le Jeune was "one of the most prolific and original composers of the second half of the 16th Century and one of the chief exponents of musique mesuree a l'antique; his application of this and other theories of musical and textural relationships had a lasting influence on French sacred and secular music" (The New Grove Dictionary, Vol. 10, p. 647).
  Burney was an accomplished artist and friend of Sir Joshua Reynolds. He enjoyed a considerable reputation, and his works are held at both the Victoria & Albert and at the British Museum.

Dimensions: Sheet size 7
Condition: Slightly soiled at edges; traces of mounting adhesive to verso.

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