A guide to the paintings in the churches and minor museums of Florence; a critical catalogue, with quotations from Vasari . The Expulsion of Joachim from the TempleGhirlandaio. S. Maria Novella. him in the frescoes), and the other turning his back,with a cap on his head, is his brother, David Ghirlandaio,the painter. All of which those who knew them, sayto be most like and true to nature. (Vas. iii. 263.) The Birth of the Firkin. One oi the best of the series. In the second scene is the Birth of Our Lady,painted with great care ; and among other noteworthythings there is a window in perspectiv
A guide to the paintings in the churches and minor museums of Florence; a critical catalogue, with quotations from Vasari . The Expulsion of Joachim from the TempleGhirlandaio. S. Maria Novella. him in the frescoes), and the other turning his back,with a cap on his head, is his brother, David Ghirlandaio,the painter. All of which those who knew them, sayto be most like and true to nature. (Vas. iii. 263.) The Birth of the Firkin. One oi the best of the series. In the second scene is the Birth of Our Lady,painted with great care ; and among other noteworthythings there is a window in perspective giving light tothe room which deceives the observer. Besides this,while 5. Anna is in bed and certain ladies visit her,some women wash the Madonna with great care, some i88 S. MARIA NOVELLA pouring zuater, some preparing the bandages^ some doingone service, some another ; and while each attends tohis own, a woman holds that child in her arms and. The Birth of the Virgin Ghirlandaio. S. Maria Novel/a. smiling makes it laugh, with a womanly grace worthyof such a work. (Vas. iii. 263.) In the Uffizi is a study of the servant pouring waterinto the bath. Inscribed on the wall at the back: BIGORDI GRILLANDAI. 3 The Presentation in the Temple. 4 The Marriage of the Firgtn. 5 The Adoration of the Magi. 6 The Murder of the Innocents. CHOIR CHAPEL 189 7 The Death of the Virgin. All these five are by assistants, two of them muchdamaged by damp. (Window Wall.) In the arch above is the Corona-tion of the Virgin. Below, on the right, the Death ofPeter Martyr and the Departure of the Baptist for theDesert. Below, kneeling beneath a portico in a land-scape, is * the kneeling figure of Francesca Pitti, wifeof Giovanni Tornabuoni, an interesting portrait, butnot painted from life, as she died eight years is S. Francis before the Sultan, the Annuncia-tion, and * the kneeling figure of the donor, GiovanniTornabuoni. The designs of the
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