| Ref No | WIA GC/1895/5 |
| Title | Warburg, Aby to Dwelshauvers, Jacques 19/08/1895 |
| Writer | Warburg, Aby |
| Place1 | Othmarschen bei Altona, 201 Flottbeker Chaussee |
| Recipient | Dwelshauvers, Jacques |
| Date | 19/08/1895 |
| Format | typescript, transcript made by Brockhaus |
| Contents | years ago, when Warburg saw the painting, head of a woman, in Frankfurt, he spoke about the beautiful painting to the Director, Thode, that it looked like a Leonardo da Vinci painting; Thode thinks it is the work of the young Dürer; the name Bartolomeo Veneziano is used by [Ivan] Lermolieff [pseudonym of Giovanni Morelli]; Ulmann agrees with Lermolieff; Warburg sees in her an example of the classical 'demi-vièrge', it could be a pagan priestess or Flora or a 'femina carnivorans'; has no news about the Simonetta painting; the painting by Piero di Cosimo in Chantilly, Simonetta naked, is totally unusual; it must have been painted after Simonetta's death; Simonetta was a captivating woman, but Warburg does not think she had sexual relations with Giuliano de' Medici; she was the adored medieval lady of his heart; about Pallas: the explanations given so far are wrong, it is an allegory, [Oskar?] Bulle interpreted it as the victory of Lorenzo in Volterra; the attribution of the Tobias with the three angels painting to Verrocchio is by Bode and [Adolph] Bayersdorfer; supplies literature on Leonardo; Dwelshauvers can reach him in New York, c/o Kuhn, Loeb & Co. |
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| DS/UK/2 | Bode; Wirklicher Geheimrat, Exzellenz; [Arnold] Wilhelm (10/12/1845-01/03/1929); Prof. Dr. | 10/12/1845-01/03/1929 |
| DS/UK/39 | Ulmann; Hermann (1866-21/04/1896); Dr. | 1866-21/04/1896 |
| DS/UK/51 | Thode; Henry (1857-1920); Prof. Dr. phil. | 1857-1920 |
| DS/UK/76 | Bayersdorfer; Adolph (1842-1901) | 1842-1901 |
| DS/UK/125 | Bulle; Oskar (1857-1917); Dr. phil. | 1857-1917 |
| DS/UK/2245 | Warburg; Aby Moritz (13/06/1866-26/10/1929); Professor, Dr. | 13/06/1866-26/10/1929 |
| DS/UK/2274 | Mesnil/Dwelshauvers; Jean Jacques (1872-1940) | 1872-1940 |