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Letter from Roger E. Fry to [Henry Clay] Frick, 14 February 1911
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of his and Dr. Bredius's letters. I send you also a photograph of a portrait which has been brought to my notice. It is said by Mr. Herbert Horne to be a splendid and perfectly preserved Ghirlandajo. The price asked is £20,000 (Twenty thousand pounds) You remember that Mr. Morgan gave £35,000 for his Ghirlandajo, but then I
am bound to admit his was
a far more attractive picture.
I will not say what I think of
this till I have seen it. Mr.
Horne is incomparably the best
authority on Florentine art in
Europe but I confess I am not
altogether overcome by the photograph.
I submit it to you because I
like to give you the opportunity
of getting any very important piece
that comes to my notice but I shall
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