History of ancient, early Christian, and mediaeval painting (1906)
Woltmann, Alfred Friedrich Gottfried Albert, 1841-1880, Woermann, Karl, 1844-1933 · New York : Dodd, Mead & Co. · leaf 331
onj two others lift thecurtains of the canopy ; the Virgin has a subtle expression of triumph ; the 296 HISTORY OF PAINTING. architecture is of great elegance. The largest altar-piece that Botticelli paintedis the Assumption of the Virgin, executed by order of Matteo Palmieri for S.Pietro Maggiore.… … Fig. 263. Pinacothek is characterised by dignified pathos. The most highly finishedpicture perhaps that this master has bequeathed to us is the Adoration ofthe Kings, on a small scale, in the Uffizi. . In this work, which was executed bythe order of the Medici for S. Maria Novella, the eldest king…
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