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Page 288
... colouring and wonderfully finished , but , unfortunately , has become rather dark in the shadows . Another half - figure of Vanity , with uncovered bosom and flowers in her hand , an extremely finished picture , formerly in the ...
... colouring and wonderfully finished , but , unfortunately , has become rather dark in the shadows . Another half - figure of Vanity , with uncovered bosom and flowers in her hand , an extremely finished picture , formerly in the ...
Page 290
... colouring and exquisite execution . His prin- cipal work is a Nativity , in the Academy at Florence , of larger size , which unites in the happiest manner the style of Perugino with the freer feeling of the Florentines . In the ...
... colouring and exquisite execution . His prin- cipal work is a Nativity , in the Academy at Florence , of larger size , which unites in the happiest manner the style of Perugino with the freer feeling of the Florentines . In the ...
Page 291
... colouring is fresh , even in his frescoes , while , on the other hand , he does 6 1 See Passavant , Beiträge zur Geschichte der alten Maler Schulen in der Lombardei , ' in Kunstbl . 1838 , No. 69 and further . not seem to have ...
... colouring is fresh , even in his frescoes , while , on the other hand , he does 6 1 See Passavant , Beiträge zur Geschichte der alten Maler Schulen in der Lombardei , ' in Kunstbl . 1838 , No. 69 and further . not seem to have ...
Page 293
... colouring . One of his principal works is in the Brera - a Madonna and Child , to whom St. Peter delivers the keys ; St. Paul stands behind . The picture is not important in composition , but is distinguished by its unconstrained action ...
... colouring . One of his principal works is in the Brera - a Madonna and Child , to whom St. Peter delivers the keys ; St. Paul stands behind . The picture is not important in composition , but is distinguished by its unconstrained action ...
Page 307
... colouring is mannered . In the Pitti Gallery at Florence a picture of the Three Fates is ascribed to him - severe , keen , characteristic figures : it was executed , however , by Rosso Fiorentino . A Leda , also , in distemper , appears ...
... colouring is mannered . In the Pitti Gallery at Florence a picture of the Three Fates is ascribed to him - severe , keen , characteristic figures : it was executed , however , by Rosso Fiorentino . A Leda , also , in distemper , appears ...
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