Back to the Wall
Nicholas Penny, 21 September 1995
In Perfect Harmony: Picture and Frame 1850-1920
edited by Eva Mendgen.
Reaktion, 278 pp., £45, May 1995,90 400 9729 1 Show More
edited by Eva Mendgen.
Reaktion, 278 pp., £45, May 1995,
“... it clear that Rossetti’s Blessed Damozel, Franz von Stuck’s Die Svende, Bastien-Lepage’s Sarah Bernhardt or Leighton’s Bath of Psyche demanded special attention or at least a central position – indeed Bastien-Lepage’s frame is made of steel, which would it itself have encouraged other pictures to keep their distance. Leighton’s tabernacle ... ”