A guide to the paintings in the churches and minor museums of Florence; a critical catalogue, with quotations from Vasari . ough Florence on a papal mission from Rome,died there in 1459) ^^ ^^^ ^8^ °^ twenty-six. It wasbuilt from designs by Antonio Rossellino, by whomis also the tomb of the Cardinal. The roof is coveredwith glazed terra-cotta decorations by Luca andAndrea della Robbia. The commission for the fres-coes must have been given to Alesso Baldovinetti, bywhom are the entire paintings, with the exception ofthe Altar wall. They are in a state of great dilapida-tion, due to the unfortun
A guide to the paintings in the churches and minor museums of Florence; a critical catalogue, with quotations from Vasari . ough Florence on a papal mission from Rome,died there in 1459) ^^ ^^^ ^8^ °^ twenty-six. It wasbuilt from designs by Antonio Rossellino, by whomis also the tomb of the Cardinal. The roof is coveredwith glazed terra-cotta decorations by Luca andAndrea della Robbia. The commission for the fres-coes must have been given to Alesso Baldovinetti, bywhom are the entire paintings, with the exception ofthe Altar wall. They are in a state of great dilapida-tion, due to the unfortunate method of fresco employedby Alesso, a mixture of tempera and oil, painted onthe dry plaster—strictly speaking not fresco at all. 2o6 S. MINIATO AL MONTE The colour has in great part flaked off, but fortunatelythe paintings have not been subjected to the sameinjudicious restoration as the other frescoes in thechurch. On the angles of the arch outside, beneath thestemma of the Cardinal, are two Prophets holdingscrolls, and inside, on either side of the windows, areseated Evangelists and Fathers of the Church, two.
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