© 2024 Volker Hermes
World copyright reserved
ISBN 978-178884 -281-5
First published in Italian under the title Hidden Portraits. Ritratti Ri-velati in 2024 by 5 Continents Editions s.r.l., Milan, Italy © 2024 – 5 Continents Editions srl www.fivecontinentseditions.com
This translation published by ACC Art Books in 2024 by agreement with 5 Continents Editions srl.
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Original Edition
Editorial Coordination: Aldo Carioli
Editor: Lucia Moretti
Graphic Design: Stefano Montagnana
Colour Separation and Pre-Press: Maurizio Brivio, Milan
English Edition
Editor: Alice Bowden
Translator from German: Gérard A. Goodrow www.accartbooks.com
Printed and bound in Italy by Tecnostampa –Pigini Group Printing Division Loreto –Trevi in July 2024 for ACC Art Books Ltd., Woodbridge, Suffolk, UK
Printed on Sappi Magno Natural 170 gr paper
Italian Edition: Hidden Portraits. Ritratti ri-velati. 5 Continents Editions, Milan
ISBN 979-12-5460-074-0
French Edition: Hidden Portraits. Portraits cachés. 5 Continents Editions, Milan
ISBN 979-12-5460-075-7
German Edition: Hidden Portraits. Alte Meister – Neuer Blick Elisabeth Sandmann Verlag GmbH, Munich
ISBN 978-3-949582-34-9
Cover: Hidden Jacometto, 2019
Back cover: Hidden Jacometto II, 2021