Allen, Grant, 1848-1899 · Boston : L. C. Page · leaf 197
by Bronzino. Number 270, GuidoRenis too famous Cleopatra, is an affected andmannered picture. Number 272, *Andrea del Sartos Young St.John the Baptist, once a fine work, full of laterRenaissance spirit, is still admirable in its col-ouring (though spoilt by restorers), the redrobe in the foreground… … ANDREA DEL SARTO. — YOUNG ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST. The Pitti Palace. 135 saint of Florence in the form of a beautifulsemi-nude boy, finely proportioned and deli-cately nurtured. This is in point of fact awell-nourished noble youth, with nothing abouthim of the penitent or the ascetic. The cam-els-hair…
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