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 64
by the ends ofthe quadrangular structure, between the niches, and the interior curvedin the form of an oval after the manner of a temple, in the centre ofwhich was the sarcophagus wherein was to be laid the dead body of thatPope. And, finally, there were to be in this whole work forty statuesof… … A nderson VICTORY(After Michelagnolo. Florence: Museo Nazionale) MICHELAGNOLO BUONARROTI 23 part of the marbles should be conveyed to Florence, where he intendedat times to spend the summer months in order to avoid the malaria ofRome; and there he executed one side of the work in many pieces,…
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