The Columbus Gallery the Discoverer of the New World As Represented in Portra
The Columbus Gallery the Discoverer of the New World As Represented in Portra
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THE BRYAN-EDWAKDS PICTURE. I think it is proper to conclude this long enumeration of the portraits of Columbus, by a family group repre senting the Admiral, Beatriz, Don Diego and Don Fernando. This engrav ing is in the fourth edition of the History of the West Indies, published in London, in 1807, and it is copied "from an ancient Spanish picture in the possession of Edward Home, Esq. , of Bevis Mount, near Southampton, " so says Edwards.
Edwards also claims that the date of the picture is abo...ut 1504, at the time of the return of Columbus from his fourth voyage, and the evidence that he adduces to this effect, incidentally establishes the fact that it is apocryphal.
He says that the Mar del Sud is marked on the original map, and as the Southern Sea was not discovered until 1513, by Balboa, it is absolutely impossible that this portrait could have been taken from life.
The portraits of Beatriz, Fernando and Diego, would be a great acquisition for the lovers of art from a historical point of view, but unfortunately this is a fact too good to be true : a mere glance is sufficient to convince us of the fallacy of the pretension, as the types, the dress, accessories and other particulars, show that this picture must have been painted at least one hundred years subsequent to the date claimed, and that the modest artist who painted it, and forgot to sign his name, had no intention of portraying so illustrious a family, but probably some rich Dutch merchant or planter, and his sons, who, after a lesson in geography, are preparing to partake of the luscious fruit, which a female servant wearing an apron is bringing to the table.
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THE BRYAN-EDWAKDS PICTURE. I think it is proper to conclude this long enumeration of the portraits of Columbus, by a family group repre senting the Admiral, Beatriz, Don Diego and Don Fernando. This engrav ing is in the fourth edition of the History of the West Indies, published in London, in 1807, and it is copied "from an ancient Spanish picture in the possession of Edward Home, Esq. , of Bevis Mount, near Southampton, " so says Edwards.
Edwards also claims that the date of the picture is abo...ut 1504, at the time of the return of Columbus from his fourth voyage, and the evidence that he adduces to this effect, incidentally establishes the fact that it is apocryphal.
He says that the Mar del Sud is marked on the original map, and as the Southern Sea was not discovered until 1513, by Balboa, it is absolutely impossible that this portrait could have been taken from life.
The portraits of Beatriz, Fernando and Diego, would be a great acquisition for the lovers of art from a historical point of view, but unfortunately this is a fact too good to be true : a mere glance is sufficient to convince us of the fallacy of the pretension, as the types, the dress, accessories and other particulars, show that this picture must have been painted at least one hundred years subsequent to the date claimed, and that the modest artist who painted it, and forgot to sign his name, had no intention of portraying so illustrious a family, but probably some rich Dutch merchant or planter, and his sons, who, after a lesson in geography, are preparing to partake of the luscious fruit, which a female servant wearing an apron is bringing to the table.
What to read after The Columbus Gallery the Discoverer of the New World As Represented in Portra?
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