Hans Holbein's celebrated Dance of death : illustrated by a series of photo-lithographic f
By Humphreys, Henry Noel, 1810-1879, Holbein, Hans, 1497-1543. Totentanz, John Davis Batchelder Collection (Library of Congress) DLC. Published 1868. Free to read and download from Internet Archive.
Description
PREFACE THE modern copies hitherto published of Holbein's celebrated "Dance of Death," although the work of very clever imitative artists, are necessarily wanting in that extreme accuracy which, in the reproduction of well-known works of art, is so desirable. In all copies 'by hand,' the touch and manner of Holbein and his engraver unavoidably lose much of the peculiar fascination and quaintness belonging to the originals ; and it was that conviction which induced me to attempt a series of positive facsimiles by one of the unerring processes of which photography is the basis...." Digitized by Google.
- Author
- Humphreys, Henry Noel, 1810-1879, Holbein, Hans, 1497-1543. Totentanz, John Davis Batchelder Collection (Library of Congress) DLC
- Date
- 1868
- Publisher
- London : Bernard Quaritch
- Language
- lat fre
- Copyright
- Public domain in the US
Subjects
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