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 335
hat Cosimo,thinking it too sumptuous and great a fabric, refrained from putting itinto execution, more to avoid envy than by reason of the cost. Whilethe model was making, Filippo used to say that he thanked his fortunefor such an opportunity, seeing that he had such a house to build as hehad… … o \ ^ —.^^ z w Di V o 1-5 J ^ CO fe O in >H <a H 3 C/O P^i pq (.) o < tZ3 Q li* hJ K O § W ^ FILIPPO BRUNELLESCHI 227 disdain he broke the design into a thousand pieces. Deeply did Cosimorepent, after he had made that other palace, that he had not adoptedthe design of Fihppo ; and this…
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