The old masters and their pictures, for the use of schools and learners in art; (1905)
Tytler, Sarah, 1827-1914 · Boston Little, Brown, and company · leaf 92
f Victory, so called from its being paintedto commemorate the deliverance of Italy from theFrench army under Charles VIII., a name which hasacquired a sardonic meaning from the ultimate destina-tion of the picture. This picture—which represents theVirgin and Child on a throne, in an arbour of… … The Triumph of Caesar Mantegna i Ghirlandajo 69 bella DEste, kneeling to return thanks—was paintedby Mantegna at the age of seventy years; and, as ifthe art of the man had mellowed with time, it isthe softest and tenderest of his pictures in execution.A beautifal Madonna of Mantegnas, still later…
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