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The decorative arts ecclesiastical and civil of the Middle Ages (1851)

Shaw, Henry, 1800-1873 · London, William Pickering · leaf 133

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He then returned tohis old mafter, Marcone, at Florence, and improved himfelf by ftudyingthe defigns of Michael Angelo and Leonardo da Vinci; after which hepaid a vifit to Rome for two years, where he met abundant encourage-ment, and a variety of ftrange adventures. His fellow workmen athome… … Rome, where he met with greater fuccefs than before. Having playedthe flute at a concert before Clement VII. that Pontiff was fo delightedwith his performance that he took him into his fervice in the doublecapacity of goldfmith and mufician. His next adventure was fighting a duel with Rienzi da…

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