Pictures and their painters; the history of painting (1907)
Bryant, Lorinda Munson, 1855- · New York: John Lane Co. · leaf 41
* a farmer while plowing near Cor-tona in 1732. He took it to be a representation of the \irginMary; but the priest, who was called to see the peasants sickwife, pronounced it a vile pagan picture. Not wishing tohave it hung on his wall, the peasant, evidently thinking topuiifv it, used it as a… … Fig. 6. -Greek. Muse of Cortona. Museum ofCortona, Italy. POMPEII 13 EARLY PAINTING IN ITALY In studying the earlj^ painters of Italy, we find tliat tlieirworks are copies of the Greek masters, and that these copieshave been preser-\-ed under tlie most pecuHar circumstances.Nearly nineteen hundred…
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