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 230
ove his utmost tosurf ass all his contem-poraries, and particu-larly Domenico Ghir-landaiowho had painteda S. Girolamo on theother side ; which workwas very highly praised,he having shown in thehead of the Saint thatprofound meditation andmost keen subtlety whichexist only in thought^ful people… … LEFT AISLE 217 The Saint is represented in his cope seated at a table,inkpot in hand, meditating his work on the Trinity.The strenuous energy of his character is admirablyrendered in the intellectual face and bony hands.In style it resembles most the Fortezza of theUffizi painted in 1470, though…
Art · Painting, Italian
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