Bach portrait goes home

June 13 2015

Image of Bach portrait goes home

Picture: Guardian

A portrait of Johann Sebastian Bach by Elias Gottlob Haussmann has been bequeathed to the city of Leipzig, where Bach worked from 1723 until his death in 1750. The portrait was left to the city by the US philanthropist Bill Sheide. More here.

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