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 202
of the series. In the second scene is the Birth of Our Lady,painted with great care ; and among other noteworthythings there is a window in perspective giving light tothe room which deceives the observer. Besides this,while 5. Anna is in bed and certain ladies visit her,some women wash the Madonna… … The Birth of the Virgin Ghirlandaio. S. Maria Novel/a. smiling makes it laugh, with a womanly grace worthyof such a work. (Vas. iii. 263.) In the Uffizi is a study of the servant pouring waterinto the bath. Inscribed on the wall at the back: BIGORDI GRILLANDAI. 3 The Presentation in the Temple. 4…
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