Riflessioni Sulla Nuova Ocm Vino: 8 - Firenze, 21 Settembre 2007 [Italian]

By David Gaeta

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1879 edition. Excerpt: ...in her embrace the little girl, whilst with one arm she draws the boy close to her. The wife has certainly not improved in her advancing years: coarse in feature and figure, there is a wide difference between her sorrow-stricken countenance here and the idealized Madonna of earlier years, or even the happy healthy girl's face in the Louvre sketch. The treatment of the picture is in strict keeping with Holbein's English portraits: there is the same clear flesh tint and strong bold outline. A copy.of the original, most likely by the master's hand, is in the possession of Herr Brasseir at Cologne, but it is so defaced that no judgment on it is possible. The little boy standing by the mother's side appears about seven years of age, and is probably identical with the infant of the earlier sketches. He is a handsome child with a pathetic expression. The little girl is not more than two years of age. We have evidence that Holbein had other children, but they must have been born in later years. The son in the painting may be the same Philip Holbein who is more than once mentioned in letters written by the Basel Council. In 1548 he is spoken of as having finished his six years' apprenticeship, and as unable to obtain his release from his employer, -Jacob David, a goldsmith in Paris; and again in a letter addressed to Philip himself, the Council tells him that they have taken measures for his return home. Further records inform us that Holbein left three daughters, who were all married, and whose names appear in Ludwig Iselin's account as having died between the years 1588 and 1G12. OLD TESTAMENT PICTURES. 61 Thus we know with tolerable certainty that Hans Holbein's descendants were numerous, but we have no record that any of them were in any way..

• Format: Paperback
• Language: Italian
• ISBN: 8859604893
• ISBN13: 9788859604891
• Release Date: December 2008
• Publisher: Edizioni Polistampa
• Length: 64 Pages