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Florence and her treasures (1911) (14763782964)
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Title: Florence and her treasures
Year: 1911 (1910s)
Authors: Vaughan, Herbert M. (Herbert Millingchamp), 1870-1948
Subjects: Art
Publisher: New York, The Macmillan Company
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress
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knowledge of the artists personality suggests that hisown portrait is the shepherd kneeling with devoutly foldedhands. The exquisite scenery melts into a blue distance ofsky and mountains, whence a brilliantly coloured cavalcadedescends, beneath a Roman arch, with characteristic Quattro-cento classicism, discernible also in the pilastersand sarcophagus of the manger. A copy is now placed in theSassetti Chapel in Sta Trinita which the picture once adorned. Room II A number of unimportant pictures have been omitted. No. 151. School of Botticelli. The Virgin andChild. A charming composition, but sadly damaged. Nos. 152, 150. Jacopo DEL Sellaio. Predella Paint-ings, The Visitation, The Entombment. Delicately painted. The Visitation is the better of the twocompositions. No. 159. Alessio Baldovinetti. The Trinity. Its damaged condition robs this painting of much interest.The attendant Angels and Cherubs are very charming. No. 168. Fra Bartolommeo. Five Heads, TheSaviour and Saints (Fresco).
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THE NATIVITYFrom the painting by D. Ghirlandajo in the Accademia £-230 THE ACCADEMIA 231 The figures by Fra Bartolommeo, viz. : The Saviour, thetwo Dominican Saints, one with a finger on his lips, and theother wearing a cowl, SS. Catherine of Alexandria, and MaryMagdalen are drawn with characteristic grace. No. 169. Mariotto Albertinelli. The Annunciation. Much re-painted. No. 171. Fra Bartolommeo. The Virgin and Child(Fresco). No. 172. Fra Bartolommeo. S. Peter Martyr. The artist portrays his friend Girolamo Savonarola underthe features of the Dominican Saint murdered near Veronain 1252. A forcible likeness. No. 175. Michele Ghirlandajo. Predella with Saints. These are: SS. Ippolito, Reparata, Matthias, Thecla,Jerome, Paul the Apostle, Anastasia, Virgin and Martyr,Lawrence, Euphrosyne, and Maurus Abbot. No. 167. Mariotto Albertinelli. Virgin and Saints. Nos. 285, 286, 287, 288, 289, 290. Granacci. Scenesfrom the Lives of Saints. These compositions were intended by the Nuns of S.Apol
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