Upload, stitch and restoration by Jebulon, 19 February 2013
Description
Français : Michel-Richard Delalande (1657-1726), Sur Intendant de la Musique du Roy et maître de la Musique de la chapelle et de la chambre de sa Majesté.
This is a retouched picture, which means that it has been digitally altered from its original version. Modifications: With GIMP. Very difficult stitch. Levels improvements, saturation reduced, contrast increased a bit, dirt, spots due to age, few tears cleaned. I was very surprised to find a lot of stitching errors on the original upload by Gallica. I've tried to hide or mask most of them, and I hope they are no more visible but....
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Captions
Michel Richard Delalande (1657-1726) Feather pen in hand