ALS in Italian, signed “Il Barone Paganini,” one page, 5.25 x 8, February 23, 1833. Letter to Baron Gerard, writing that their mutual friend Dr. Bennati would like him to introduce and recommend the painter Giuseppe Sacco. He explains that Sacco is a miniaturist painter who would like to know him personally and consult with him on a professional basis. Addressed on the reverse in Paganini's hand. In fine condition, with light creasing and a 19th-century filing slip affixed along the left edge.
Having long craved a noble title, Paganini decided to buy one in 1832: he paid the obscure German princeling Frederic IV to confer upon him the order of 'Knight of the First Class of the Order of St. Stanislas.' This explains the rare use of "Baron" in his signature, a title which he ceased using shortly after the date of this letter. It had turned out that Frederic's loss of sovereignty during the Napoleonic Wars also meant his loss of the authority to confer such honors.
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