What did Bach look like?
BERLIN, Germany (AP) — A modern reconstruction of Johann Sebastian Bach’s head — using computer modeling techniques — shows the composer as a strong-jawed man with a slight underbite, his large head topped with short, silver hair.
Rather than use Bach’s actual bones, which are buried at the St. John’s Church in Leipzig, Germany, Wilkinson worked from a copper replica of Bach’s skull made for a previous reconstruction in 1894 by physician Wilhelm His and sculptor Carl Ludwig Seffner.
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