Word: portraits
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...THOU has asked me for my portrait...
Among the first that will be issued are four engravings by Durer, two by Marc Antonio, and probably one by Mautegna. Three etchings will also be among the first: one portrait from Van Dyck's Iconographia, and two of Rembrandt's landscapes. These are selected with special reference to helping in art-study, by the Curator. An equal number, selected by the publisher, will be of this issue. They are mostly from Toschi's engravings after Correggio's frescos at Parma...
...next in excellence of reproduction, the portrait from Van Dyck's Iconographia must be mentioned. It is wonderful that such success has been attained with an etching. Here we have what Van Dyck alone can give us, - the real nobleman. Durer's portrait of his old patron, Pirkheimer, is hardly less valuable than the foregoing...