A descriptive catalogue of the maiolica, Hispano-Moresco, Persian, Damascus, and Rhodian wares in the South Kensington Museum : with historical notes, marks, & monograms (1873)
South Kensington Museum, Fortnum, C. Drury E. (Charles Drury Edward), 1820-1899 · London : Chapman & Hall · leaf 47
he pavement and the iky {cielo) of enamelled terra-cotta, orna-mented with beautiful figure fubjedts, fo that whoever enters itis ftruck with admiration. It is fuggefted, therefore, that thefe medallions originallyformed part of the fyftem of decoration of this celebratedcabinet. In any cafe, that… … Piero de Medici, who, according to Vafari, commiffionedLuca to conftrud the writing cabinet in the palace built by hisfather, the great Cofmo, died in 1469, having fucceeded hisfather in 1464, fo that the execution of the work would befomewhere betwixt thefe dates. Antonio Filarete (MS.…
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