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ART - Bernard Berenson (Butrymonis, 1865 - Fiesole, 1859) - Autograph letter

ART - Bernard Berenson (Butrymonis, 1865 - Fiesole, 1859) - Autograph letter

Lot 136 · December 2023 - Autographs, Letters & Historical Documents · 05 December 2023
Sold for £70
Estimate: £100 - £150
Bernard Berenson (Butrymonis, 1865 - Fiesole, 1859)Autograph letter, postmarked November 28, 1936, by one of the most eminent art historians of the 20th century, author of "I pittori italiani del Rinascimento" (1930). Addressed to Odoardo Hillyer Giglioli, the Director of the Prints and Drawings Cabinet at the Uffizi from 1918. He expresses his admiration for Giglioli's article about a portrait by Jacopo Del Conte, a prominent 16th century Florentine painter (the article titled 'Note su Franciabigio e Jacopo Del Conte' was published in 'Rivista d'arte' (January 1936)). On a postcard, in English.