Waters, Clara Erskine Clement, 1834-1916 · Boston, Ticknor and company · leaf 64
ell be said of him when we rememberthat it was Cimabue who found Giotto, and acted the part of a fatherto the boy who was to be such a wonderful painter. The story is thatwhen Cimabue was quite old and very famous, he was riding in thevalley of Vespignano, a few miles from Florence, and saw a… … THE MADOSSA OF THE CHURCH OF SANTA MARIA NOVELLA.(PAINTED BY CIMABUE.) STORIES OF ART AND ARTISTS. 47 little Giotto — who was only twelve years old — and teach him topaint. The boy was very happy, and his father — whose namewas Bondone — was glad of this good fortune for his son; so Giottodi…
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