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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 583

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old tapestry in which the archaic drawing was in strong contrast with that ofMichael Angclo, and Leo X. instructed Raphael to prepare cartoons for new-tapestry. They were to represent ten scenes from the history of the apostles,and these cartoons, executed between 1515 and 1 ; in, are among his… … used as patterns, they are still to be reckoned among the noblest works of artthe world can boast of. Two of the most beautiful are the Miraculous Draughtof Fishes (Fig. 37 5), and Paul preaching at Athens (Fig. 376). The tapestries THE GOLDEN AGE OF PAINTING IN ITALY. 549 from these cartoons,…

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