Allen, Grant, 1848-1899 · New York : Holt and co.; London, G. Richards, ltd. · leaf 240
s a picture to linger before forhours. It embodies better than any other the pagan sideof this earnest painters nature. Yet its paganism issuperficial; the ascetic ideal, the profound moral yearn-ing are everywhere apparent. 1154. Botticelli, portrait of Piero di Lorenzo dei Medici. I 179.… … THE UFFIZT, ETC. 197 painter ever put so much life and emotion into hisfigures. 1182. *Botticellis Cahimny, one of this greatpainters finest though less pleasing works. It is paintedafter the description of a picture by Apelles. The finenude figure to the l recalls the Primavera. So does…
Art, Italian · Florence (Italy) -- Description and travel
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