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The pavement masters of Siena (1369-1562) (1901)

Cust, Robert Henry Hobart, 1861-1940 · London, G. Bell and Sons · leaf 111

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ding their young ones in a nest,whilst above Holofernes tent are perched twowaiting ravens. This work was also restored, or, as AbateFaluschi puts it with much truth, modernized (modernata) by Carlo Amidei and Matteo Piniin 1790, so that we cannot now know how muchof the original work has perished.… … ALINARI PHOTO;] XVI. DETAIL FROM THE RELIEF OF BETHULIA THE PAVEMENT posite design from the hand of more than oneartist. It is, however, worth noting that, whereasthe design last described depends largely for itseffect on varied colour, this one, the Expulsion ofHerod, and the other contemporary…

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