Brahms, Johannes. (1833–1897) & Levi, Hermann. (1839–1900) & Allgeyer, Julius. (1829–1900) Early CDV Photograph with Levi and Allgeyer

Brahms, Johannes. (1833–1897) & Levi, Hermann. (1839–1900) & Allgeyer, Julius. (1829–1900)

Early CDV Photograph with Levi and Allgeyer

1865 CDV photograph of the great composer with Stamped at the base and verso by the photographer, J & L. Allgeyer of Carlsruhe. 6.5 x 10 cm. A few stray marks, overall in very fine condition.

In 1864, Brahms summered in Lichtental near Baden-Baden, where Clara Schumann had bought a cottage. "With two of the men he met here, Brahms soon formed a close friendship: Hermann Levi and Julius Allgeyer. Levi was the conductor of the opera house in Karlsruhe...Allgeyer, a gifted copper-plate engraver and photographer, was a friend whose sterling nature must have delighted Brahms. The portrait Levi painted of this simple and modest man, in a letter to Clara Schumann, might have been the work of Johannes himself: 'He is a dear old fellow; true as gold. When I have spent an evening with him, I always feel as if I had taken a refreshing bath. Even his faults are loveable." (Karl Geiringer, 'Brahms: His Life and Work,' p. 90) (11806)

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