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 49
eriority tothe rest of the figures is probablydue to its having been paintedfrom life, whereas they must haveAndrea dal Castagno. been imaginary or copied fromS. Apollonia. other portraits. 2 Farinata degli XJberti. Chief of the Ghibelline faction. In red cap andtunic over armour ; a noble figure,… … REFECTORY 35 and white tunic over armour, well posed and broadlytreated. Inscribed: magnvs thetrarcha de accia- ROLIS NEAPOLITANI REGNI D1SPENSATOR. 4 The Cumcean Sibyl. In red robes shot with blue, pointing upwards, pro-phesying the coming of Christ. Andreas femalefigures are less fine than his…
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