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 169
repainted. THE CONVENT 155 The Father was much loved for his virtues byCosimo de^ Medici, who, having caused the Church andConvent of S. Marco to he rebuilt, ordered him to fainton the wall of the Chapter all the Passion of JesusChrist; and on one of the sides the Saints, who havebeen the chiefs… … The CrucifixionFra Angelica. world crucified; around whom are the Maries whosorrowfully support her; and the Saints Cosimo andDamiano. It is said that in the face of S. CosimoFra Giovanni portrayed from life Nanni di Antonio diBanco, the sculptor, his friend. Beneath this work hepainted in a frieze…
Art · Painting, Italian
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