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 211
whatis more, he kept ever in his house pictures of birds, cats, dogs, andevery sort of strange animal whereof he could get the likeness, beingunable to have them alive by reason of his poverty ; and because hedelighted in birds more than in any other kind, he was given the name of Paolo of the… … PAOLO UCCELLO 135 But the rarest scene among them all was one wherein a serpent, com-bating with a lion, was showing its ferocity with violent movements,with the venom spurting from its mouth and eyes, while a country girl whois present is looking after an ox made with most beautiful…
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