A pretty young woman, elegantly dressed, stands, her petticoats lifted up, while a lean and elderly man (left) fits on false posteriors. She wears feathers in her hair, and a nosegay; she looks over her right shoulder. At his side is a large pot, inscribed "Colla di Parma" [glue of Parma], in which is a brush. This is intended to indicate that he is the composer Colla born at Parma about 1730. From his coat-pocket papers protrude inscribed "Abel riceuta" and "Cantata del Principe Chigi in occasione del apertura del Pantheon". On the floor is an oboe lying under a paper inscribed "Cantata per il Benefizzio" [sic]. By the pot are a lyre, a laurel wreath, and a paint-brush.  c.1775 [Dated c.1780 by Dorothy George, but perhaps somewhat earlier.]
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<p>Print made by: Francesco Bartolozzi
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<dl><dd>After: Philip James de Loutherbourg</dd></dl></div>
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