| Ref No | WIA GC/1899/20 |
| Title | Warburg, Aby to Colvin, Sidney 20/01/1899 |
| Writer | Warburg, Aby |
| Place1 | Florence, 23 Lungo Mugnone |
| Recipient | Colvin, Sidney |
| Date | 20/01/1899 |
| Format | manuscript, draft |
| Contents | acknowleges the receipt of Colvin's letter; replies to his criticism of Warburg's review of Colvin's 'A Florentine Picture Chronicle' in the Frankfurter Zeitung; Warburg defends his review which included the results of his own research, i.e. the importance of festivals and of 'imprese amorose' which had both been overlooked by Colvin; mentions the Rucellai impresa on the façade of S. Maria Novella, and the Holy Sepulchre in San Pancrazio with the Fortuna; defends the thorough research of which his notions are based; asks Colvin about an illustrated Vergil manuscript, auctioned in London; are there similarities with the Gozzoli-Vergil? |
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| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| DS/UK/274 | Colvin; Sir; Sidney (18/06/1845-11/05/1927); D. litt. | 18/06/1845-11/05/1927 |
| DS/UK/2245 | Warburg; Aby Moritz (13/06/1866-26/10/1929); Professor, Dr. | 13/06/1866-26/10/1929 |