The Face of Bach

Annotated excerpts from lectures by Teri Noel Towe (2000-2001) - downloaded (via the Wayback Machine). On bach-cantatas.com the Full Version.

Animation based on the Weydenhammer portrait fragment

The discovery of the so-called Weydenhammer portrait (a fragment from a larger painting) triggered mr. Towe's research: is this Bach in his late forties? To answer his own question, Mr. Towe had to re-assess all available (real and presumed) Bach-portraits. This is my selection from his essays.

The portraits

The Weydenhammer portrait fragment — Weydenhammer Bach in his late forties?

Haussmann 1746, overpaint removed — Haussmann 1746 the original restored

The Volbach portrait — **Volbach** the old Bach?

The Erfurt portrait — the Erfurt portrait not Bach

donum superadditum (an extra): Four sons of Bach