"Terry Reedy" wrote in message
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http://www.artonstamps.org/Countries...na-awarded.htm
Informative and interesting as always, but I noticed this:
http://www.artonstamps.org/Countries...ine-colors.htm
was later donated by the monks to Augustus III of Saxony. Source:
Wikipedia .
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sistine_Madonna
That page actually says "In 1754, Augustus III of Poland purchased the
painting for 110,000 – 120,000 francs, whereupon it was relocated to
Dresden and achieved new prominence;[11][12][13] this was to remain the
highest price paid for any painting for many decades. "
Thanks, Terry! On my page from 2009 I quoted from the then text of
Wikipedia. Meanwhile it changed, and for this reason I changed it on my page
too .
You might add a link to the picture file page
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:R..._196_cm%29.jpg
which in turn has a link to a nice large image
(3,028 × 4,151 pixels, file size: 15.2 MB)
which gives one about as good a view as one might get in the gallery.
The colors in these images, even the small one, are better than the top
left (Dresden) image on your page, which does not do the painting justice
at all. So I suggest you substitute the same size .jpg from Wikipedia
Again a similar type of problem. On my page:
http://www.artonstamps.org/Countries...ine-colors.htm
from 2009 I used the most actual image of the painting that I found on
Wikipedia. It changed (apparently in 2012) because, and this is an
assumption, at a certain point the painting was restored, like many other
paintings and frescoes of old masters. The colors became more vivid, what
shocked many art fans.
Because you published papers on art conservation (?) maybe you can help me
on the subject of the presumed restoration of Sistine Madonna. TIA.
For my comparison with older stamps, I left in place, on my updated page,
the image of the un-restored painting but I added for completeness the new
image.
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Victor Manta, PWO, AIJP
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