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but they seem to show a clear confusion of styles and even
periods in the drapery. An even more noticeable confusion is to
be seen in the treatment of the hair of the Baptist. The symmetrical
curls of the beard recall Romanesque rather than Renaissance
work and do not correspond with the locks of hair on the head.
Archiv Nr. 1322 a zu Mitt. 687,2
The mouth of the Evangelist is treated in a way for which I know
no parallel in Renaissance sculpture, and neither fizure, if seen
in profile, stands firmly on its feet. I cannot help thinking that
these figures are forgeries but forgeries of a rather exceptionally
skilful kind, quite probably the work of an artist with whom we
are not yet adequately acquainted. (Archiv Nr. 1323 a—c und
1324 a/b, siehe Abbildungen.) Maclagan.
688. Zwei falsche Terrakottafiguren.
Im Jahre 1926 erwarb das Kestner-Museum durch Vermittlung
von Geheimrat Ludwig Borchardt ein vorgeschichtliches Terrakotta-
B Kunstbibliothek
Staatliche Museen
zu Berlin
but they seem to show a clear confusion of styles and even
periods in the drapery. An even more noticeable confusion is to
be seen in the treatment of the hair of the Baptist. The symmetrical
curls of the beard recall Romanesque rather than Renaissance
work and do not correspond with the locks of hair on the head.
Archiv Nr. 1322 a zu Mitt. 687,2
The mouth of the Evangelist is treated in a way for which I know
no parallel in Renaissance sculpture, and neither fizure, if seen
in profile, stands firmly on its feet. I cannot help thinking that
these figures are forgeries but forgeries of a rather exceptionally
skilful kind, quite probably the work of an artist with whom we
are not yet adequately acquainted. (Archiv Nr. 1323 a—c und
1324 a/b, siehe Abbildungen.) Maclagan.
688. Zwei falsche Terrakottafiguren.
Im Jahre 1926 erwarb das Kestner-Museum durch Vermittlung
von Geheimrat Ludwig Borchardt ein vorgeschichtliches Terrakotta-