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 334
finest inthe collection. The artistic taste o£ that day seemsnot to have been exempt from_ a certain necessityfor modern apology. When Bayard Taylor visitedthe Ufifizi Gallery as late as 1845, *^s o^^y picturesin the entire collection that he thought it worthwhile to mention in his Views Afoot were… … w1-1 W a H o< WS w KH mtnst (Sailers: TEbe Urtbuna 249 Guercinos Sleeping Endymion, and Samian Sibyl,the latter since removed to the Room of Baroccio.Among the entire half-dozen gems so men-tioned, the only works of really unusual merit arethe Titians. So much for the artistic sensibility ofone…
Galleria degli Uffizi · Accademia di belle arti (Florence, Italy) · Painting
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