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LETTERHEAD
H. C. FRICK, 
PITTSBURGH, PA. 

NEW YORK ADDRESS 
640 FIFTH AVENUE 
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purity of texture and quality. 


2 A small portrait by Roger Van der Weyden of Lionello 
d'Este Prince of Farara done when Van der Weyden was in Italy in I449 

They (Knoedler & Colnaglie SIC??) are asking I2.000 pounds for 
it yet in my opinion it is a superb masterpiece eminently worthy 
of your collection, Ithas SIC not the charm of laste art but it has the 
finest possible feeling for character and consummate mastery in 
design, I should like to see you posses SIC this, I dont SIC think the price 
excessive considering that there are only I0 other portraits known 
by Van der Weyden and that he was almost the equal of Van Eyck, If SIC 
you wish to secure this you had better do so by cable as I know 
that Bode has interested himself in selling it to another American 
collector, I feel able to give you this uncalled for advice freely 
because both pictures are in Knoedlers hands, but I would rather 
you didnt SIC allege my opinion if you can easily avoid it.