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Florence in poetry, history, and art (1913)

Ryan, Sara Agnes · Chicago : The Mayer and Miller Co. · leaf 218

An illustration from Florence in poetry, history, and art, 1913, leaf 218
t. Elizabeth in the Birthof St. John, as afterwards her son, Lorenzo theMagnificent, was often portrayed as St. John,the patron of Florence. Giovanni Tornabuoni himself is standingnext to the angel appearing in Zacharias, inanother scene, and the spectators are severalother members of the… … David Verrocchio Ghirlandajo. In the same Salutation are small figures inthe background, which are said to have beendone by Michael Angelo, when a boy and whilea pupil of Ghirlandajo, but there is a goodreason to doubt the assertion, for at the timethat the commission was given to…

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