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The world's painters and their pictures (1899)

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tablished an academy,and there won his fame. Much of the excel-lence of his work is dueto the study of Floren-tine masters. He wasone of the first artistsin central Italy to han-dle the new oil mediumsuccessfully. For several years hewas the master of Ra-phael. It is said thatno pupils ever… … Perugino. St. John — Detail of Crucifixion.S. Maddalena ue Pazzi, Florence. 72 THE WORLDS PAINTERS. His composition is formal and conventional, with a carefulbalancing of simple masses. His figures are always quiet, slender, and graceful, butaffected, especially in the placing of the head on the…

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