tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9020609400967229954.post2157851337556159542..comments2024-03-27T06:34:24.901-07:00Comments on Goethe Etc.: Portraits againGoethe Girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11390542069637659154noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9020609400967229954.post-87182833025241291062011-10-08T14:57:51.142-07:002011-10-08T14:57:51.142-07:00Here is the link my wife just found (I was wrong--...Here is the link my wife just found (I was wrong--it's a "Head of Christ":<br />http://www.leonardoda-vinci.org/Head-of-Christ.html<br />It's now in Strausbourg, originally painted in Milan, 1494, a study for The Last Supper, pencil and wash.<br />(Sure looks like he used a woman model for Christ.) <br /><br />Plus, my memory that this was presented as an "unfinished Madonna" may be accurate. I don't know--I bought the postcard in Europe in 1973. Can't read the back of the card!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9020609400967229954.post-25992509464779357212011-10-07T13:38:03.661-07:002011-10-07T13:38:03.661-07:00I'm not sure which painting of Leonardo you ar...I'm not sure which painting of Leonardo you are referring to? Can you give me more information? I notice in this connection that Leonardo has a lovely drawing of Christ in which His eyes seem to be closed. Probably they are simply "down cast."Goethe Girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11390542069637659154noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9020609400967229954.post-63500556848072001402011-10-05T10:17:41.967-07:002011-10-05T10:17:41.967-07:00Lucian Freud's nude has something in common wi...Lucian Freud's nude has something in common with Leonardo's "Unfinished Madonna." Both women have their eyes either closed or almost closed, as if in shame. Both pictures might well also be entitled, "Eve."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com