The story of art throughout the ages; an illustrated record (1904)
Reinach, Salomon, 1858-1932, Simmonds, Florence · New York, C. Scribner's Sons · leaf 185
eenth century. FIG. 305.—THE VIRGIN WITH THK SCALES.CESARE DA SESTO (?) (The Louvre.) the Gioconda was accepted in Italy asthe inimitable masterpiece of the art ofportraiture, the greatest efifort of thepainter setting himself to compete withNature. It was said that Leonardoworked at it for four… … FIG. 306.—ST. VJCTOR.SODOMA. (Palazzo Pubblico, Sierui.) character was attributed to MonnaLisa, a sphinx-like gaze, a scornfulirony, and a hundred other things un-dreamt of by Leonardo. Leonardos type of the Madonna,—whence he took that he has impressedon the Gioconda, for the portraits of
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