Cesare Mussini

(Berlin, 1804 – Barga, Lucca, 1879)
Self-Portrait with a Grecian Turban

oil on canvas, 50.2 x 63.5 cm
inscribed on the reverse of the original canvas: “Cesare Mussini, in attestato/ in vera stima all’Egregio/ Letterato Sig. Abate Missirini/ Roma 1831” (“Cesare Mussini, as a token/ of true esteem to the Illustrious/ Scholar Master/Abbot Missirini/ Rome 1831”)

Provenance:
Abbott Melchiorre Missirini (1773 – 1849), Rome 1831 (inscription on the reverse of the original canvas)