Champlin, John Denison, 1834-1915, Perkins, Charles C. (Charles Callahan), 1823-1886 · New York : C. Scribner's sons · leaf 411
. VOLTERRA, DANIELE DA, born inVolterra in 1509, died in Rome, April 4,1566. Florentine school. Real name Dan-iele Ricciarelli ; pupil of 11 Sodoma, after-wards of Baldassare Peruzzi. When stillyoung ho went to Rome, where, after work-ing as assistant to Perino del Vaga, he be-came the pupil of… … cipal composition, the Descent from tlieCross, is ranked among the great picturesof the world. Asit is superior toany other work byVolterra, manythink he was aidedin the compositionby Michelangelo.On the death ofDel Vaga, in 1547,Volterra was ap-pointed superin-tendent of the works in the Vatican,…
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