Williams, Leonard, b. 1871 · London [etc.] : T.N. Foulis · leaf 152
ndiwork. But Arfes crowning labour was the Greco-Roman custodia of Seville cathedral (Plate xvii.).The chapter of this temple selected his design in1580, and nominated the licentiate Pacheco to assisthim with the statuettes. Pacheco also carried outhis portion of the task with skill and judgment.… … 01 SEVII.LS I VTHI GOLD, SILVER, AND JEWEL WORK detailed notice of the custodia (1513 a.d.) ofCordova. This last, which we have seen to bethe work of Juan de Arfes grandfather, Enrique,is not to be surpassed for fairy grace and lightness,seeming, in the eloquent metaphor of a modernwriter, to have…
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