Incidentally, given all the woes I've had with images not showing up, I have no idea if anyone actually saw the sketch of Diderot that was made after his death, in which the author points out that his nose is a lot more prominent than it's ever depicted in life. Judging by Fritz's death mask, the same applied to him!
At any rate, *hopefully* this picture is and will remain visible:
It's also possible that the nose becomes more prominent after the lower face collapses inward due to loss of teeth, which we know happened to Fritz, and which clearly happened to Diderot here, so perhaps the earlier portraits weren't *quite* as glossing as the discrepancy with the death mask would indicate.
But both of them clearly had a downward hook in the center of their noses that isn't often depicted, so there's that. (Heinrich's seems to have been more upturned, judging by the caricatures?)
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Diderot
Date: 2021-02-14 06:15 pm (UTC)At any rate, *hopefully* this picture is and will remain visible:
Re: Diderot
Date: 2021-02-14 06:17 pm (UTC)Re: Diderot
Date: 2021-02-14 06:20 pm (UTC)It's also possible that the nose becomes more prominent after the lower face collapses inward due to loss of teeth, which we know happened to Fritz, and which clearly happened to Diderot here, so perhaps the earlier portraits weren't *quite* as glossing as the discrepancy with the death mask would indicate.
But both of them clearly had a downward hook in the center of their noses that isn't often depicted, so there's that. (Heinrich's seems to have been more upturned, judging by the caricatures?)
Re: Diderot
Date: 2021-02-15 06:38 am (UTC)