Lives of the Most Eminent Painters, Sculptors, and Architects, Volume 1Henry G. Bohn, 1855 |
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... picture of Bacchus , painted by Aristides , he made no scruple of paying upwards of six thousand sestercest ; and this picture was afterwards deposited in the temple of Ceres , with great pomp , by Lucius Mummius . But , notwithstanding ...
... picture of Bacchus , painted by Aristides , he made no scruple of paying upwards of six thousand sestercest ; and this picture was afterwards deposited in the temple of Ceres , with great pomp , by Lucius Mummius . But , notwithstanding ...
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... picture of the Virgin , in Santa Croce , which was , and is still , attached to one of the pilasters on the right of the choir . † After this he painted a small picture of St. Francis , in panel , on a gold ground , drawing it , a new ...
... picture of the Virgin , in Santa Croce , which was , and is still , attached to one of the pilasters on the right of the choir . † After this he painted a small picture of St. Francis , in panel , on a gold ground , drawing it , a new ...
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... picture being finished , was placed by the monks over the high - altar of the church , whence , being afterwards removed to give place to that work of Alexis Baldovinetti , * which remains there to this day , it was placed in a smaller ...
... picture being finished , was placed by the monks over the high - altar of the church , whence , being afterwards removed to give place to that work of Alexis Baldovinetti , * which remains there to this day , it was placed in a smaller ...
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... picture of San Francesco . This was considered by the Pisans to be a work of extraordinary merit , having more beauty of ex- pression in the head , and more grace in the draperies , than had ever been seen in the Greek manner up to that ...
... picture of San Francesco . This was considered by the Pisans to be a work of extraordinary merit , having more beauty of ex- pression in the head , and more grace in the draperies , than had ever been seen in the Greek manner up to that ...
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... picture , in a garden near the gate of San Pietro , King Charlest the Elder , of Anjou , passed through Florence , and the authorities of the city , among other marks of respect , conducted him to see the picture of Cimabue . When this ...
... picture , in a garden near the gate of San Pietro , King Charlest the Elder , of Anjou , passed through Florence , and the authorities of the city , among other marks of respect , conducted him to see the picture of Cimabue . When this ...
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