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 62
es the soul ofFrancis borne on angel-wings to Heaven. Even thehard outlines and coarse h§.ndling of the restorersbrush cannot destroy the beauty and pathos of thisscene, which still remains without a rival in Florentineart. In later ages more accomplished artists oftenrepeated this composition —… … «33S] CHILDREN OF GIOTTO 39 The exact date of these frescoes remains uncertain,but they were probably painted soon after 1320.Recent research has as yet thrown little light uponthe chronology of Giottos life, and all we can discoveris an occasional notice of the works which he executed,or of the…
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