Julius Leblanc STEWART (1855-1919)
Portrait of Miss Zambelli, 1908
Oil on canvas signed and dated top left with a letter: to Miss Zambelli souvenir of sincere friendship
51 x 38,5 cm
(Cracks, wear and restorations, marks of the frame)
Carlotta Zambelli (1875-1968) was an Italian dancer and teacher who trained at La Scala in Milan and was hired by the Paris Opera as a principal dancer in 1984, then quickly promoted to principal dancer. She shot a sound film for the 1900 Universal Exhibition, the "Phono, Cinéma Théâtre" with Sarah Bernhardt, Mounet-Sully, Réjane, etc. as partners.
She was decorated Chevalier de la Légion d'Honneur in 1956.
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