The painters of Florence from the thirteenth to the sixteenth century (1901)
Ady, Julia Mary Cartwright, d. 1924 · New York, E. P. Dutton & Co. · leaf 328
rived his name. Rosselli loved him as his own son,and had good reason, Vasari remarks, to treat himwell, since Piero, being a far better artist than hismaster, became indispensable to him, and was em-ployed on all his important works. Two years afterthis, Piero accompanied Cosimo to Rome, and… … MADONNA AND CHILD (UFFIZl)—ANDREA DEL SARTO. \_To face page 318 i462-rS2i] FRESCO IN THE SISTINA 279 Botticelli had glorified the pious and merciful acts ofPope Sixtus in his fresco of the Purification of theLeper, so Piero was desired to celebrate his warlikedeeds, and especially the victory which…
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