Nose is a Nose is a Nose

All art is infested by other art.
Leo Steinberg (1920–2011) , in Art about Art, 1979

 

Maybe yes... Maybe no... I can't tell...

The panel can be found in 'Asterix et les Normands' by Goscinny and Uderzo.
(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asterix_and_the_Normans)The question now is, did Henry Holiday “borrow” anything from Gheeraert’s print or not?
You decide.

 
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More links related to my Snark article in the Knight Letter (ISSN 0193-886X) of the LCSNA, Fall 2017, № 99:

 

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2017-08-29, update: 2025-12-11

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