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 270
ms forhim, and his entirely perfect intellect, has givenus this picture. The work is very uneven, the centralfigure being vital and superbly painted, while theother two are not nearly as strong. A young Augustine monk with the face of anascetic sits at a clavichord and is playing. The handsgrip the… … X O•J< Ubc Dall of tbe Iflta^ 207 priest in a white rochet, who is resting his handhghtly upon the shoulder of the player. In his otherhand he holds a musical instrument; judging fromwhat is seen of this instrument, it is a lute. A ratherself-concious youth poses for a full-face portrait onthe…
Palazzo Pitti · Painting
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