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 112
i, but the frescoesare entirely repainted. On the right, at the top, S. G 98 S. CROCE Francis presents the rules of his Order to PopeHonorius. Below, he undergoes the ordeal by firebefore the Sultan—a superb composition, in which thefigures have great beauty and dignity. Below is thedeathbed of the… … S. Francis before the SultanGiotto. S. Croce. Below, he appears to S. Antonio while he is preachingin the Cathedral of Aries, and below again is the deathof the Saint. The composition of this scene is ex-ceedingly fine, and has been followed more or lessfaithfully in all subsequent paintings of the…
Art · Painting, Italian
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