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Alexander Siloti and Franz Liszt

primary Louis Held (Berlin, 1851 - 1927, Weimar)

subject Franz Liszt (Sopron, Hungary, 1811 - 1886, Bayreuth, Germany)

subject Alexander Siloti (Kharkov, Ukraine, 1863 - 1945, New York)

Date1883

Place MadeHesse, Germany, Europe

MediumGelatin silver print

Dimensions31.5 x 23.7 cm (12 3/8 x 9 5/16 in.)

ClassificationsPhotographs

Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston

Accession numberARC.006367

eMuseum ID727418

EmbARK ObjectID32221

TMS Source ID15792

Last Updated8/9/24

Status

Not on view

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MarksNotesInscribed in ink (bottom): Cette photographie est faite en 1883, / je regrette in finermen + que la precieuse / connaissance de Madame Gardner ne date / pas de la même epoque! A. Siloti / Boston 14. III. 98.

ProvenanceNotesGift from pianist and composer Alexander Siloti (1863-1945) to Isabella Stewart Gardner 14 March 1898.