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Venice (1912)

Allen, Grant, 1848-1899 · New York, H. Holt and Company; [etc., etc.] · leaf 126

An illustration from Venice, 1912, leaf 126
pture, a noble piece of fifteenth-century Floren-tine work, by a pair of Tuscan sculptors, represents the^Judgment of Solomon, typifying Justice ; this group is bestseen from the seat by the red porphyry figures opposite. Note the style of the sculpture of the young KingSolomon and compare it with… … Photograph : J. W. Cruickshank HEAD OF KING SOLOMONFrom a Corner of the Ducal Palace. Attributed to a FlorentineSculptor of the Fourteenth CenturyCompare with the Italo-Byzantine figures on the west front of S. III.] GOTHIC VENICE: THE DOGES PALACE 85 The Byzantine artist would have dwelt on the…

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