among his purchases were works by franz halls, vandyke, donatello's madonna and child, and. he particularly treasured a small bronze" by the 16th century sculpture so we need which he kept on his desk to his dying day. my book also tells the story of the convoluted relationship between goldman, his dear friend sir joseph to being who is the most influential art dealer of the 20th century and bernard berenson, the foremost authority on renaissance art who compromise his capability by attributing works of art according to the state of his pocket book. there was of course no buying or selling a fine art during world war i, when the hostilities ended and the versailles treaty had been signed, henry's first priority was to help resurrect the german economy, which had been completely wrecked by the harsh reparations terms. inflation in germany raged rampant and the mark had no value at all. henry campaigned vigorously amongst the wealthy wall street bankers urging them to invest in german industries, mortgages and construction. his efforts were so successful that president von hin