| Ref No | WIA GC/1892/3 |
| Title | Burckhardt, Jacob to Warburg, Aby 27/12/1892 |
| Writer | Burckhardt, Jacob |
| Place1 | Basle |
| Recipient | Warburg, Aby |
| Date | 27/12/1892 |
| Format | photography; original manuscript kept in 'Art Works / Originals' box |
| Contents | returns a copy of Warburg's PhD with thanks; it shows the immense and profound all-round nature which Renaissance scholarship has reached; Warburg has contributed to Renaissance scholarship with his book greatly; wonders whether Warburg after having dealt with Sandro Botticelli's social and humanist side will turn to research Sandro's mystical side in the paintings 'Hirten und Engel', National Gallery, the writing Madonna, Uffizi, and 'Versuchung Christi', Sistine Chapel; raises two questions: he has difficulty in seeing the features of Simonetta in the goddess of spring; the sculptures of Agostino Fiorentino in Perugia represent S. Bernardino da Siena, not S. Bernhard |
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Persons
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| DS/UK/86 | Burckhardt; [Carl] Jacob (25/05/1818-08/08/1897); Prof. Dr. | 25/05/1818-08/08/1897 |
| DS/UK/2245 | Warburg; Aby Moritz (13/06/1866-26/10/1929); Professor, Dr. | 13/06/1866-26/10/1929 |