Lives of the most eminent painters, sculptors & architects (1912)
Vasari, Giorgio, 1511-1574, De Vere, Gaston du C · London, Macmillan and co. ld. & The Medici society, ld. · leaf 231
Francisof France, at Fontainebleau. In this head, whoever wished to see how \ closely art could imitate nature, was able to comprehend it with ease;for in it were counterfeited all the minutenesses that with subtlety are 4.,able to be painted, seeing that the eyes had that lustre and waterysheen… … Uasari Society THE MADONNA AND CHILD WITH S. ANNE(After the cartoon by Leonardo da Vinci. London: Burlington House)
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