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 351
pected, whereas he was hoping to be praised, replied, If it were as easy to make this figure as to judge it, my Christ wouldappear to thee to be Christ and not a ploughman ; take wood, therefore,and try to make one thyself. Filippo, without another word, returnedhome and set to work to make a… … POGGIO BRACCIOLINI(After Donatello. Florence: Duomo) DONATO 241 done^ he invited Donate one morning to dine with him, and Donatoaccepted the invitation. Whereupon, as they were going together tothe house of Fihppo, they came to the Mercato Vecchio, where FiHppobought some things and gave them to…
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