Italian sculptors: : being a history of sculpture in northern, southern, and eastern Italy. (1868)
Perkins, Charles C. (Charles Callahan), 1823-1886, Perkins, Charles C. (Charles Callahan), 1823-1886. Addenda to Tuscan sculptors, Haussoullier, Charles, Perkins, Charles C. (Charles Callahan), 1823-1886, engraver, Spottiswoode & Co., printer, Longmans, Green, and Co., publisher, Abbot Academy, former owner. CSmH · London: : Longmans, Green, and Co. · leaf 250
twonext on either side adorned with cano-pied niches containing statues of theVirtues (see Woodcut), and the upperwith putti supporting shields. Thefigures are square in their proportions,heavily draped in a classical style, andwanting in the delicacy and elegance of line demanded by the character… … The Porta della Carta was built between 1439 and 144^, under the dogeFrancesco Foscari. In 1442 the Bons, father and son, promised to complete thefigures about it within a year (doc. pub. by Gualandi, series vi. p. 105). Theprice agreed upon for the whole work was 1700 gold ducats (Selvatico, p.…
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