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The art of the Vatican; being a brief history of the palace, and an account of the principal art treasures within its walls (1903)

Potter, Mary Knight, d. 1915 · Boston, L. C. Page & company · leaf 176

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r at each end, are bishops and youths, saintsand martyrs. Among others are plainly seen theface of Dante, standing just in front of Savonarola,and before them is Innocent III. The names of theseare told by inscriptions written in the nimbus encir-cling their heads, or else they are so well known… … DETAIL FROM THE • DISPlT.A By Raphael j in the Stanze Xlbc Stau3C ot IRapbacl 155 Raphaclic traits. One of the most interesting isAdam, who, sitting cahnly with one leg thrown over\i\c other, is, as Grimm observes, full of an * aristo-cratic ease. And everywhere are the most exquisiteangels and…

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