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Auction 44 25 Jun 2021
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World Medals, France/Italy, Joséphine Fodor-Mainville (1789-1870), operatic soprano, silver tribute medal, from the town of Adria [Rovigo], 1819, by Luigi Ferrari, head r., hair tied with band with feathered brooch, rev. legend within wreath, 43mm.; copper tribute medal, 1825, by Joseph Daniel Boehm [Vienna], head l., with hair tied up with plait, rev. legend in 7 lines, 42.5mm. (Niggl 646, 645), first extremely fine and rare, second nearly extremely fine (2)
*ex Baldwin's vault.
The daughter of the composer Josephus Andreas Fodor, Joséphine Fodor-Mainville trained as a pianist and singer and in 1810 performed at the Imperial Opera in St. Petersburg, but l. Russia when Tsar Alexander I banished foreigners from working in the theatre. She was married in 1812 to the actor Mainville.
*ex Baldwin's vault.
The daughter of the composer Josephus Andreas Fodor, Joséphine Fodor-Mainville trained as a pianist and singer and in 1810 performed at the Imperial Opera in St. Petersburg, but l. Russia when Tsar Alexander I banished foreigners from working in the theatre. She was married in 1812 to the actor Mainville.