The story of art throughout the ages; an illustrated record (1904)
Reinach, Salomon, 1858-1932, Simmonds, Florence · New York, C. Scribner's Sons · leaf 206
—MERCURY TAKING FLIGHT.GIOVANNI DA BOLOGNA. (Bargello, Florence.) is a good deal of Francia and ofMichelangelo, but above all of Cor-reggio, that is to say, of a soul en-thralled by beauty, light, and joy, andcarrying its worship for loveliness tothe very verge of effeminacy. Histwo pictures in the… … FIG. 3.s6.—FRAGMENT OF THE VIRGIN AND CHILD WITH ST. JEROME. CORREGGIO. (Parma Gallery.) genius; the same may be said ofthe two analogous works in the Na-tional Gallery, the Mercury instructingCupid, and the delightful little Ma-donna delta Cesta. He created a typeof Virgin of exquisite but…
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