Core Record |
| Title |
The First Fiddle |
| Alternative Title |
A Violin Teacher |
| Collection |
Culture and Sport Glasgow (Museums): Kelvingrove Museum |
| Artist |
Manner of Andreotti, Federigo (Italian painter, 1847-1930) |
| Date Earliest |
possibly 1862 |
| Date Latest |
1930 |
| Signed |
yes |
| Description |
In 1864 Federigo Andreotti (1847-1930) received an important commission from the King which brought him fame not only in Italy, but also in Great Britain and the United States where his genre paintings, representing daily life scenes from the 17th and 18th century, became very popular. Andreotti started his training at a very young age with Angiolo Tricca. In 1862 he entered the Florence Academy where he studied under Pollastrini and Ussi. The First Fiddle, depicting a violin teacher demonstrating how to hold the instrument , the music on the stand bearing the title 'Lezione V', Lesson 5, is a typical example of his genre pieces. |
| Current Accession Number |
2598 |
| Inscription |
front ur 'F. Andreott’ |
| Subject |
everyday life (music); figure; |
| Measurements |
31.5 x 25.7 cm cm (estimate) |
| Material |
oil on canvas |
| Acquisition Details |
Bequeathed by Margaret H. Garroway 1947. |
| Principal Exhibitions |
Glasgow, 1986-7, Academics and Revolutionaries, Kelvingrove Museum and Art Gallery, 6 November 1986-18 January 1987; |
| Publications |
Catalogue of Italian Paintings with which is included a small group of Spanish Pictures, Illustrations, Introduction by George Buchanan, Art Gallery and Museum, Glasgow, 1970, p. 28, repr. b/w, as A Violin Teacher; |
| Rights Owner |
Culture and Sport Glasgow (Museums) |
| Author |
Dr Erma Hermens |
