"Q", the mastermind of MI6 and the boy from Florence
"Q", the mastermind of MI6 and the boy from Florence The magic of the unique - in her art chamber, Dr. Simone Herrmann looks at a work from the international art trade every 14 days. Episode 53: "Portrait of a Young Man" by Piero del Pollaiuolo, c. 1470 Maybe he felt it too, somewhere in the heart area. As if a small furry animal moves gently in his sleep. "Delicate," the British say about it. To the way the soft face of the boy, he may have been 15 or 16 years old, stands out against the azure sky with its swirling clouds. To the way Piero del Pollaiuolo painted the midnight blue velvet of his tunic, and the way the velvety folds bump against the stiff damask, sumptuously woven of silver and pale pink silk threads, the way each thread is painted - as if you could feel it between your fingertips, ticklish and silky. As if it were real. And how the damask crackles with every breath the boy takes. Perhaps Sir Thomas Ralph Merton (1888 -1969) poured himse...
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