. Great pictures, as seen and described by famous writers. ? This would occasion a long discussion if thespace were accorded me. Let it suffice to say that thebiography written by Vasari merits no credence, that it hasbeen unfortunately accepted by the majority of historians,and that we have not yet a good chronology of Botticellisworks, nor even a simple catalogue. As for the chron-ology, most historians, relying upon Vasari, place nearlyall of Botticellis works before his trip to Rome in think, on the contrary, and I will prove it elsewhere,that the great productive period of Botticel
. Great pictures, as seen and described by famous writers. ? This would occasion a long discussion if thespace were accorded me. Let it suffice to say that thebiography written by Vasari merits no credence, that it hasbeen unfortunately accepted by the majority of historians,and that we have not yet a good chronology of Botticellisworks, nor even a simple catalogue. As for the chron-ology, most historians, relying upon Vasari, place nearlyall of Botticellis works before his trip to Rome in think, on the contrary, and I will prove it elsewhere,that the great productive period of Botticelli belongs tothe ten last years of the century and that the Primaverashould be classed in this period. The Primavera repre-sents, with The Birth of Venus and The Adoration of theMagi, the culminating point of Botticellis art. Jouin, Chefs-dcewvre: Peinture, Sculpture, Architecture (Paris,1895-97).. Fisherman presenting the Ring to the Doge Gradenigo. Bordone. Great Pictures As Seen and Describedby Famous Writers EDITED AND TRANSLATED By ESTHER SINGLETON AUTHOR OF TURRETS, TOWERS, AND TEMPLES ANDTRANSLATOR OF THE MUSIC DRAMAS OF RICHARD WAGNER With Numerous Illustrations 1 NEW YORKDODD, MEAD AND COMPANY IQOI oAdut - Copyright, 189QBy Dodd, Mead and Company » /r I s5f SEitibcrsttg ^ircss John Wilson and Son, Cambridge, U. S. A. Preface THE cordial reception of Turrets, Towers, andTemples has encouraged me to hope that awelcome may be given to a book treating the master-pieces of painting in a similar manner. Great writers and literary tourists have occasionallybeen inspired to record the impressions of their saun-terings among galleries and museums. The mostinteresting of these, not necessarily professional, Ihave tried to bring together in the following object has been not to make a selection of thegreatest pictures in the world, although many thathave that reputation w
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