The art of the Pitti Palace : with a short history of the building of the palace, and its owners, and an appreciation of its treasures . ohn Asleep By Carlo Dolci ; in the Hall of Saturn Hall of the Iliad The Concert By Giorgione ; in the Hall of the Hiad Christ Enthroned By A. Caracci; in the Hall of the Hiad Tobias and the Angel By Biliverti ; in the Hall of the Hiad Altar - Piece By Fra Angelico ; in the Stanza of Prometheus Madonna and Child By Fra Filippo Lippi; in the Stanza of Prometheus Madonna of the Rose - Bush .... By Botticelli ; in the Stanza of Prometheus The Epiphany By Pinturic


The art of the Pitti Palace : with a short history of the building of the palace, and its owners, and an appreciation of its treasures . ohn Asleep By Carlo Dolci ; in the Hall of Saturn Hall of the Iliad The Concert By Giorgione ; in the Hall of the Hiad Christ Enthroned By A. Caracci; in the Hall of the Hiad Tobias and the Angel By Biliverti ; in the Hall of the Hiad Altar - Piece By Fra Angelico ; in the Stanza of Prometheus Madonna and Child By Fra Filippo Lippi; in the Stanza of Prometheus Madonna of the Rose - Bush .... By Botticelli ; in the Stanza of Prometheus The Epiphany By Pinturicchio ; in the Stanza of Prometheus Stanza della Stufa, with Dupres Statues of Cain and Abel La Zingarella By Garofalo ; in the Stanza della Stufa Temptation of St. Jerome .... B;y Vasari; in the Stanza of Justice PAGE 130 142 152 160170 186188197 206 208 212218250254266272 292304 324 %iBt ot iniustrattons ix PAGB Stanza of Flora, with Canovas Venus . 336 Allegorical Head 347 Bj Furini ; in the Stanza of Flora Pallas and the Centaur . . * . 366 By Botticelli ; in the Royal Apartments The Amphitheatre, Boboli Gardens . • . 372. PLAN OF THE PITTI PALACE I. 2. 3-4- 5-6. 7-8. Hall of VenusHall of ApolloHall of MarsHall of JupiterHall of SaturnHall of the IliadStanza della StufaStanza of the EducationJupiter of 9- 10. II. 12. 13-14. 15-16. Bath-roomStanza of UlyssesStanza of PrometheusCorridor of ColumnsStanza of JusticeStanza of FloraStanza dei PuttiGalleria Poccetti (The Hrt of tbe pitii palace CHAPTER I. LUCA PITTI AND HIS PALACE There is no gallery of its size in the world soreplete with gems of art and acknowledged master-pieces of the Golden Age of painting in Italy as thePitti Palace. One cannot but wish that there weremore of the masters of the Early Renaissance repre-sented, and it is true that there are no examples ofmediaeval devotional art. It may be here observed that art is seen in thePitti in all stages of its flowering, from the timeof budding to the period of decay


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