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Page 280
... less tragical than that of the statue . Had it been practicable , as Francis I. desired , to break down the wall and carry the painting into France , sixteen years after it was finished , it might have been pre- served perhaps to our ...
... less tragical than that of the statue . Had it been practicable , as Francis I. desired , to break down the wall and carry the painting into France , sixteen years after it was finished , it might have been pre- served perhaps to our ...
Page 281
... less accu- rate copies , those by Marco d'Oggione , a scholar of Leonardo , are particularly distinguished ; one of these in oil , the size of the original , was formerly in the Certosa at Pavia , and is at present in the Academy in ...
... less accu- rate copies , those by Marco d'Oggione , a scholar of Leonardo , are particularly distinguished ; one of these in oil , the size of the original , was formerly in the Certosa at Pavia , and is at present in the Academy in ...
Page 285
... less than four exist in various collections - appear to have been done from a different composition ; at all events Vasari's description corresponds only with the drawing in question . Hence the best connoisseurs have concluded that ...
... less than four exist in various collections - appear to have been done from a different composition ; at all events Vasari's description corresponds only with the drawing in question . Hence the best connoisseurs have concluded that ...
Page 290
... less the manner of his master than that of his companion . He has copied some of Leonardo's pictures most successfully . His original sub- jects are generally limited to the narrow circle of tranquil Madonnas and Holy Families ; these ...
... less the manner of his master than that of his companion . He has copied some of Leonardo's pictures most successfully . His original sub- jects are generally limited to the narrow circle of tranquil Madonnas and Holy Families ; these ...
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... less distinguished ; these represent the history of the Virgin . Life is here painted in its most cheerful splendour , and yet with sincerest feeling ; the Adoration of the Kings is particularly rich in its invention , noble in style ...
... less distinguished ; these represent the history of the Virgin . Life is here painted in its most cheerful splendour , and yet with sincerest feeling ; the Adoration of the Kings is particularly rich in its invention , noble in style ...
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