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 38
of colour and for life and solidity, he provedhimself to have far outstripped all former painters.And truly it is so painted that were none to praise it, itmust impose itself as a most rare and stupendous work.(Vas. V. 45.) 24 SS. ANNUNZIATA The praise is perhaps exaggerated, but the com-position… … Madonna del SaccoAndrea del Sarto. SS. Annunziata. comfortably against a sack, reads from a book. Onthe pillar is inscribed qvem genvit adoravit an. dom.MDxxv. The fresco was ordered by the same frateJacopo who commissioned the paintings in the Cortile.It was a votive gift made by one of his…
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