Bach Portrait Riddle. This engraving was comissioned by publishing house hoffmeister & kühnel. There are several portraits of johann sebastian bach that have survived.
Bach done in illustrator cs. An analysis of bach's riddle canons from the musical offering. The only verifiably authentic portrait of bach has been donated to the bach archive in leipzig and unveiled there. Richard egarr / pieter wispelwey / daniel yeadon.
1 2 3 4 5.
Check out our portrait of bach selection for the very best in unique or custom, handmade pieces from our shops. Leipzig bach archive leipzig, germany. Bach did not indicate which instruments were to be used to perform the work, but experts surmise that he would have the art of fugue reveals bach's preoccupation with counterpoint and the canon. All of which would be significant enough, but this is a portrait of something else too:
