Painters, sculptors, architects, engravers, and their works : a handbook (1875)
Waters, Clara Erskine Clement, 1834-1916 · New York : Hurd and Houghton · leaf 244
ne days. He was ofa gloomy temperament, which is shown in his works, especially in the History of Perseus, in the Uffizi. His chiaro-scuro is good, butdepth of feeling is wanting in bis pictures. His principal works arein Florence, but there are specimens in the Louvre, Berlin Mus., etc. Cossa,… … DEATH OF S. MARY OF EGYPT. BY FIETRO DA CORTONA. One is an altar-piece in the Gall, of Bologna, representing theMadonna holding the Child on her lap, with a saint on each side,and one of the donors of the picture kneeling. It was painted in1474. There is much dignity in his figures; his faces are…
