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Raphael & the Beautiful Banker

Raphael & the Beautiful Banker

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Raphael & the Beautiful Banker: The Story of the Bindo Altoviti portrait / David Alan Brown & Jane Van Nimmen.

by Brown, David Alan, 1942- / Van Nimmen, Jane, 1937- / Raphael, 1483-1520

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0300108249
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9780300108248
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Yale University Press, 2005 4to (27.5 cm), 224 pp. Publisher's cloth and dust jacket. "Five centuries ago a stunningly beautiful young man with flowing blond locks sat for a portrait by Raphael. In the artist's dynamic conception, Bindo Altoviti turns as if to speak to his Florentine bride, Fiammetta. Ardently admired over the years, as it is today, Raphael's portrait was also coolly received by more than one influential critic who cast a shadow on is reputation. This gloriously illustrated book tells the story of the portrait's creation and of its unexpected trajectory through history. Focusing on viewers' 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 Bindo's image has beguiled visitors ever since." (from the publisher's description) Dust jacket has small 3/8" piece from bottom right corner (see photo)

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Bookseller
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Bookseller's Inventory #
1033
Title
Raphael & the Beautiful Banker
Author
Brown, David Alan, 1942- / Van Nimmen, Jane, 1937- / Raphael, 1483-1520
Format/Binding
Very good
Book Condition
Used - Very Good
Jacket Condition
Good+
Quantity Available
1
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN 10
0300108249
ISBN 13
9780300108248
Publisher
New Haven [CT] ; Yale University Press, c2005.
Place of Publication
New Haven
Date Published
2005
Pages
224
Keywords
Art, Portraiture, Renaissance
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Art;

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