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Raphael and the Beautiful Banker: The Story of the Bindo Altoviti Portrait Book
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Book Description
This gloriously illustrated book relates the tale of Raphaelâ??s portrait of handsome young Bindo Altoviti and its adventurous passage through the centuries. At various times celebrated, dismissed, admired, and misunderstood, the painting was at last cleverly spirited out of Nazi Germany and donated to the National Gallery of Art in Washington, where all may now enjoy it.
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Product Description
Five centuries ago a stunningly beautiful young man with flowing blond locks sat for a portrait by Raphael. In the artistâ??s dynamic conception, Bindo Altoviti turns as if to speak to his Florentine bride, Fiammetta. Ardently admired over the years, as it is today, Raphaelâ??s portrait was also coolly received by more than one influential critic who cast a shadow on its reputation. This gloriously illustrated book tells the story of the portraitâ??s creation and of its unexpected trajectory through history.
Focusing on viewersâ?? responses to Bindo Altoviti, the book describes the transformation of the picture from a family treasure into a supposed self-portrait of the artist; its public display in Munich, where first it was celebrated, then dismissed by skeptics claiming that it was neither of nor by Raphael; and its acquisition by canny English dealers who lured the panel out of Nazi Germany. Purchased as a Raphael by American collector Samuel H. Kress, the painting was donated in 1943 to the newly opened National Gallery of Art, where Bindoâ??s image has beguiled visitors ever since.
- 0300108249
- 9780300108248
- DA Brown
- 9 September 2005
- Yale University Press
- Hardcover (Book)
- 224
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