Portrait of the Composer Niccolò Jommelli

Niccolò Jommelli (1714-1774) was a celebrated and much travelled composer from Naples. He was active in many Italian cities and went as far as Vienna and later Stuttgart where he was Kapellmeister to Duke Karl Eugen of Württemberg (1728-1793). In the present portrait he is represented half- length, in a blue coat and satin waistcoat.