Die Erfindung der Malerei (1832). Wilhelm Eduard Daege (German, 1805-1883). Oil on canvas. Alte
Die Erfindung der Malerei (1832). Wilhelm Eduard Daege (German, 1805-1883). Oil on canvas. Alte Nationalgalerie, Berlin.The helmet is ready and the beautiful young man holds a sword on his lap. His lover wishes to perpetuate her beloved and draws the outline of his shadow on the wall. Pliny the Elder wrote of such a tracing and the creation of a clay relief image. -- source link
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