A guide to the paintings in the churches and minor museums of Florence; a critical catalogue, with quotations from Vasari (1908)
Cruttwell, Maud, Vasari, Giorgio, 1511-1574 · London, J. M. Dent; New York, E. P. Dutton & co. · leaf 242
Giotto rather than of the Sienese. TheTabernacle of Orcagna, which enshrines it, is describedby Vasari at great length. (Vas. i. 605.) It is asuperb work, a mass of rich sculptures, gold mosaic,twisted pillars, and pinnacles. Around are carved 1 These images were large figures of wax, clad in… … 228 OR S. MICHELE scenes from the life of the Virgin, and at the back alarge pictorial relief of the Virgin giving her girdleto S. Thomas. Below this is inscribed: andreas CIONIS PICTOR FLORENTINVS ORATORII ARCHIM AGISTEREXTITIT HVIVS MCCCLIX. (On Pilaster right of 2nd Chapel, Right Aisle.)LORENZO…
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