# Niccolò Paganini [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [DAVID d'Angers]() - Date: 1801-1850 - Technique: Cast bronze, diameter 15 cm ## Commentary Niccolò Paganini, \(Genoa, October 27, 1782 - Nice, May 27, 1840\) was a violinist and composer. He was one of the most famous virtuosi of his day, and is considered to be one of the greatest violinists ever, with absolute pitch and perfect intonation, expressive bowing techniques and new uses of staccato and pizzicato techniques. Listen to an <A HREF="24davida.html" onClick="w=window.open \('/music/19\_cent/paganini/pagcamp.html', 'newWin', 'scrollbars=yes,status=no,dependent=no,screenX=0,screenY=0,width=300,height=300'\);w.opener=this;w.focus\(\);return false">example</A> of Paganini's music. ## Related artworks - [Alfred de Musset]() - [Chateaubriand]() - [Condé]() - [Condé]() - [François Arago]() - [General Bonchamps]() - [Gutenberg]() - [Mademoiselle Mars]() - [Marceline Valmore]() - [Monument to General Gobert]() - [Nereid Bringing the Helmet of Achilles]() - [Niccolò Paganini]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()