The art of the Pitti Palace : with a short history of the building of the palace, and its owners, and an appreciation of its treasures (1903)
Addison, Julia de Wolf Gibbs, 1866- · Boston : L.C. Page · leaf 174
, and all thescenic properties of a great painter of high life inthe richest and most voluptuous centre of costlyliving, — Venice in the Renaissance. In some of his work, particularly in representingmen, he resembles Rubens; he portrays animal forcein brawny and lusty bodies; his women have… … I—I •-» o < X ttbe Iball of Jupitet 131 large, with monumental decorative proportions; butit is the spectacular rather than the thoughtful orpoetic in which he indulges. He was exactly thesort of painter to please a nation of rich merchants.His religious pictures are usually set in…
Palazzo Pitti · Painting
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