Hitler's Table Talk

THE TWO ECKARTS 295
she'd bought it had no knowledge of its value. At the best, it
could only be a bad copy.
The Baroness's husband had thrown himself into the Königssee.
As can well be understood ! In his place, I'd have done
the same. Of the two faithful admirers whom she was known to
have, one died, and the other went mad.
That story reminds me of the story of Simon Eckart's Murillo.
The picture contained a fault in design that could not have
escaped Murillo's attention. If it had done so, there were
people in his entourage who would have called it to his attention.
These great painters used often to work in collaboration.
One of them would paint the Madonna, another the flowers,
etc. I intended to write a play on the subject of this Murillo.
A man who was furious was the banker Simon Eckart.
What a difference between the two Eckarts! A whole world
separated them. Dietrich was a writer full of idealism. Simon
was a man deeply immersed in the realities of nature.