Dear David, dear Arthur, this is one I examined alongside other portrait etchings or engravings (among them some ridiculous ones) meant to represent Melchior and Hans Newsidler and Hans Gerle. Originals are in the art collections of the Town of Nuremberg. I thought I would find them to be printed on quite recent papers but found, that old ones had been used (possibly seventeenth century or even earlier …).
All best Joachim -----Original-Nachricht----- Betreff: [LUTE] Re: Melchior Newsidler's portrait, again Datum: 2019-11-12T11:50:28+0100 Von: "David Van Edwards" <[email protected]> An: "Arthur Ness" <[email protected]> Dear Arthur, Very interesting second engraving, thank you. Which shows his other ear with the same shape at the top, not like the Oslo painting. Is there evidence linking the Oslo painting with Newsidler? Best wishes, David At 02:43 +0000 12/11/19, Arthur Ness wrote: > Reportedly he and his companion traveled over the Alps to Innsbruck > during a blizzard. He was with Philippe Camerarius, an associate of > Martin Luther who had recently been freed from being imprisoned by the > Roman Inquisition. They traveled through Siena where they stayed at > the Inn of the Mermaid (or Siren, a symbol associated with Siena; the > Siena Lute Book has a watermark representing a siren). > Here's another engraving of MN aged 43: > https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e1-d59b-a3d9-e040-e00a1 > 8064a99 > Arthur > -----Original Message----- > From: Joachim LˆÉ¬ºdtke <[email protected]> > To: David Van Edwards <[email protected]> > Cc: Tristan von Neumann <[email protected]>; > [email protected] <[email protected]> > Sent: Mon, Nov 11, 2019 8:59 am > Subject: [LUTE] Re: Melchior Newsidler's portrait, again > At 12:48 +0100 11/11/19, Joachim LˆÉ¬ºdtke wrote: > Well, in winter 1565, while his lute books were set and printed in > Venice, Melchior together with some fellow Germans went over the > Alps, in deep snow and at freezing temperature. Some piece of > hard-frozen snow or ice may have hit him during the passage ˆÖ ;) > Joachim > dler's portrait, again > Datum: 2019-11-11T12:02:50+0100 > > -- > > >To get on or off this list see list information at >http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html -- The Smokehouse, 6 Whitwell Road, Norwich, NR1 4HB England. Telephone: + 44 (0)1603 629899 Website: http://www.vanedwards.co.uk
