Painters, sculptors, architects, engravers, and their works ; a handbook (1876)
Waters, Clara Erskine Clement, 1834-1916 · New York, Hurd and Houghton · leaf 412
udge of its primitive merit.Signor Cavalcaselle believes it to be a later work than Vasari makesit, and yet it is inferior to his latest works. The frescoes at S. Cle- MASACCIO. 395 mente were probably done about 1423 or 1424. They cover thewall?, arch, and vault of a chapel, and represent the… … PETER BAPTIZING. BY MASACCIO. From the frescoes in S. Maria del Carmine, Florence,scenes from the history of S. Catherine prove his power and original-ity. The finest of these is that in which the Saint discourses beforeMaxentius and the Doctors, but they all display his knowledge ofform, and are…
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