The renaissance: its art and life; Florence (1450-1550) (1908)
Brinton, Selwyn, 1859-1940 · Paris, New York [etc.] Goupil & Co. · leaf 436
chasing works of art. He lostposition in his own city through this conduct, and he could never returnto Paris. It is possible that the painting of himself with Lucrezia, holdingan open letter, had some reference to this incident in his career : theexpression of his face, here looking out on us, is… … THE FALL OF FLORENCE. 187 Florence, and naturally had always sufficient commissions : amongst thesenumerous Holy Families, Depositions, Assumptions, and portraits of himselfand others let us select two paintings which are masterpieces. The firstof these takes us back to the SS. Annunziata, but it…
Art · Art, Renaissance
Internet Archive · Smithsonian Libraries · Public Domain Mark 1.0. Free to use for anything.
