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 436
no littlemarvel in the men of that city. Wherefore, having recognized that thegenius of Sansovino was equal to their every need in the service of thecity, they caused him to attend for many years to the fortifications oftheir State. Nor did any long time pass before he took in hand, byorder of the… … Alinari THE LIBRARY OF S. MARCO(After Jacopo Sansovino. Venice) JACOPO SANSOVINO 199 over the whole work, that it is a marvel; and it is all done without anysparing of expense, so that up to the present day it has cost one hundredand fifty thousand ducats. And it is held in great estimation in…
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