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 249
Centaur Notwithstanding a cer- Bottkelli. tain heaviness in the form and gesture ofPallas, it is one of Botticellis finest works, and of har-monious beautiful colour. Vasari mentions a similarwork executed for Lorenzo. In Casa Medici for Lorenzo the Elder he paintedmany things, and chiefly a Pallas… … PRIVATE CHAPEL 235 tournament, and that the device of flaming branchesmay have been on the reverse or around it. CARLO DOLCI. Madonna, o.c. SCH. OF BOTTICELLI. Madonna adoring theChrist Child. T.w. A poor work by one of Botticellis weakest followers.It is surprising that with the fine Pallas…
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