A rare and fine original carte de visite photograph. Unsigned.

Sivori, considered one of the great violin virtuosos of the nineteenth century, was a student of Paganini's teacher Giacomo Costa and reportedly Paganini's only student. He owned many valuable instruments, including violins by Amati, Stradivari, Bergonzi, Chiocchi, and Jean Baptiste Vuillaume. His favorite was the Vuillaume violin, which he received from Paganini and which was an impeccably close copy of Paganini's famous "Cannone" Guarnerius.