An Art Discovery.
A likeness of Michael Angelo made by himself, which has been unsuspected up till now, has been discovered by M. de'Mely. At a meeting recently of the Society of Antiquaries of France Baron J. dv Teil presented it with a whole series of portraits of Michael Angelo of very great interest. From them one can see that the great artist and sculptor reproduced his own features in many of his compositions. M. de Mely now states that the wonderful head of Laoeoon, in the collection of the Duke of Arenberg in Brussels, once believed to be a specimen of classical- art, is a portrait of Michael Angelo himself, and that in the agonised features may be traced the likeness of the great Italian.
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Kaipara and Waitemata Echo, 15 May 1914, Page 2
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126An Art Discovery. Kaipara and Waitemata Echo, 15 May 1914, Page 2
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