The golden days of the renaissance in Rome, from the pontificate of Julius II to that of Paul III (1906)
Lanciani, Rodolfo Amedeo, 1847-1929 · Boston; New York : Houghton, Mifflin and company · leaf 40
lderano; and amural painting, attributed to Pinturicchio, the equal of whichcan hardly be found in Rome for sinq)licity of design, har-mony of coloring, and delicacy of expression. This fresco,of which I give for the first time a photographic reproduc-tion, represents the Virgin Mary between St.… … Pinturicchios fresco painting in the church of San Cosimato, with the Blessed Virginbetween St. Francis and Sta. Chiara to replenish the cotters of the Holy See he had been com-pelled to sell the magnificent collection of gems, medals, andprecious vases formed by his predecessors Nicholas V andPaul…
