The art of the Uffizi palace and the Florence academy, together with that of the minor museums of Florence, with explanatory and appreciative comment on the notable works therein preserved, and their history and significance (1912)
Heyl, Charles Christian, 1874- · Boston, L. C. Page and company · leaf 322
, and he was cared for bya pious widow and subsequently recovered. Uponhis recovery, he boldly and openly denounced thewickedness of the emperor, and for his temeritywas clubbed to death. In Sodomas great picture,the splendid figure of the arrow-pierced martyrraises his eyes to heaven whence comes… … SODOMA. — SAINT SEBASTIAN Xflffisi Oallcrs: truscan Scbool 239 tion, Saint Sebastian has always been regarded asthe patron and protector whose aid is to be invokedagainst pestilence and plague. It is needless to saythat the unspeakable filth that was strikingly char-acteristic of the mediaeval city…
Galleria degli Uffizi · Accademia di belle arti (Florence, Italy) · Painting
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