Hispanic Society of America
Author
Series
Publication of the Hispanic Society of America volume no. 101
Publisher
Hispanic Society of America
Pub. Date
1917
Language
English
Author
Series
Publication of the Hispanic Society of America volume no. 102
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
1917
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Printed by order of the trustees
Pub. Date
1927
Language
English
Description
Boxwood, close-grained and hard, has been destined for the production of minute and highly-finished carvings. Portrait medallions, a natural development of its use for patterns, were made from it by the German and Flemish sculptors and medalists of the sixteenth century. Even more peculiar to this material are certain microscopic pieces. Many of them are so similar in style that they are attributed to a single workshop which flourished in the early...