Vasari on technique; being the introduction to the three arts of design, architecture, sculpture and painting, prefixed to the Lives of the most excellent painters, sculptors and architects (1907)
Vasari, Giorgio, 1511-1574, Maclehose, Louisa S, Brown, G. Baldwin (Gerard Baldwin), 1849-1932 · London : J. M. Dent & co. · leaf 156
old inventory of 1574, thedate of the death of Duke Cosimo I, which mentions ten suchportraits of members of the family as at that time existing,all mounted on serpentine. Later on, Baldinucci mentionsthree sons of Francesco, to one of whom, Romolo, he is sup-posed to have left his secret. There… … PORTRAIT IN PORPHYRY OF LEO XBY FRANCESCO DEL TADDA CORTILE OF THE BELVEDERE 115 abandoned sculpture and took the Franciscan habit. Accord-ing to Zobi, p. 116, he was the last of the porphyry sculptors,and * dopo quest epoca affatto s ignora se furono prodottealtre opere porfiree. In view of the…
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