Lives of the Most Eminent Painters, Sculptors and ArchitectsGeorge Bell and Sons, 1855 |
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Page 96
... depicted with extreme vivacity . Two other paintings in the same chapel , also exceedingly fine , are events from the life of St. John the Evangelist , -that wherein he restores Drusiana to life , and his own ascension into Heaven . The ...
... depicted with extreme vivacity . Two other paintings in the same chapel , also exceedingly fine , are events from the life of St. John the Evangelist , -that wherein he restores Drusiana to life , and his own ascension into Heaven . The ...
Page 97
... depicting the life of St. John the Baptist , for the chapel of that Saint , in a series of pictures and in the Guelphic Palace of Florence there is a painting of the Christian Faith , admirably executed in fresco , wherein he has placed ...
... depicting the life of St. John the Baptist , for the chapel of that Saint , in a series of pictures and in the Guelphic Palace of Florence there is a painting of the Christian Faith , admirably executed in fresco , wherein he has placed ...
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... depicted . Be- sides the paintings in these four compartments , those on the walls are extremely fine , and well deserve our admiration , not only for their beauty , but also for the care with which they were executed , which was such ...
... depicted . Be- sides the paintings in these four compartments , those on the walls are extremely fine , and well deserve our admiration , not only for their beauty , but also for the care with which they were executed , which was such ...
Page 108
... depict his kingdom , when the painter , * All these works have since been whitewashed . - Roman ed . 1759 . These paintings are also lost . For the many controversies to which these paintings , which are for the most part in tolerably ...
... depict his kingdom , when the painter , * All these works have since been whitewashed . - Roman ed . 1759 . These paintings are also lost . For the many controversies to which these paintings , which are for the most part in tolerably ...
Page 115
... depicted St. Peter , St. Paul , the archangels Michael and Gabriel , with the figures of the Redeemer , the Virgin , and three other saints on the socle . | Villani , book ix , chap . 12 , has registered his death in the following words ...
... depicted St. Peter , St. Paul , the archangels Michael and Gabriel , with the figures of the Redeemer , the Virgin , and three other saints on the socle . | Villani , book ix , chap . 12 , has registered his death in the following words ...
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