In and out of Florence; a new introduction to a well-known city . e recumbent figure of the head-like suggestion of the flowers in the spiralcoils, the natural unnaturalness of the hairy feet issu-ing from the flanks of leaves and scrolls, and thebeautiful bird-pinioned pecten are all pure outgrowthsof the fancy of genius. Across the city, in San Lorenzo, pretty effectivelyconcealed behind a tawdry altar front in the northtransept, is another exquisite exhibition of Desideriospowers. It is a small tabernacle or altar piece withfigures, joyous putti, a frieze of scrolls, fruits, an
In and out of Florence; a new introduction to a well-known city . e recumbent figure of the head-like suggestion of the flowers in the spiralcoils, the natural unnaturalness of the hairy feet issu-ing from the flanks of leaves and scrolls, and thebeautiful bird-pinioned pecten are all pure outgrowthsof the fancy of genius. Across the city, in San Lorenzo, pretty effectivelyconcealed behind a tawdry altar front in the northtransept, is another exquisite exhibition of Desideriospowers. It is a small tabernacle or altar piece withfigures, joyous putti, a frieze of scrolls, fruits, andwinged heads, and an architectural treatment involv-ing perspective, all worked into a thoroughly har-monious whole. It was the Gesu Bambino above thisaltar, says Hare, that was carried through the streetsof Florence by an army of children, who at the in-stigation of Savonarola called for every work of artof an immoral tendency that it might be destroyedand burned. In the Badia is a charming relief of Desiderios,and in Santa Trinita a wooden statue of the Mag-. Photo. Aliuar Tomb Monument of Leonardo Bruini Bernardo Rossellino: Santa Croce The Hill-side Sculptors 191 dalen begun by him and finished by Benedetto daMaiano. The oratorio of Santa Trinita in Settignanoclaims a relief as his. It is in his style, but may bethe work of a pupil. Finally, in the Bargello are sev-eral heads and busts attributed to Desiderio, but someperhaps wrongly. A competent amateur assures mestrongly that the exquisite head of a boy inbronze in the Bargello cannot be Desiderios. Onthe other hand, the Christ Child and St. John at thehigh altar in the little church of San Francesco (ViaPalazzuolo) attributed to Donatello are more prob-ably Desiderios. There are also certain other scat-tered works in Florence attributed to Desiderio, butamong them is nothing of special note. Outside of Florence the artist is represented inPrato by the recumbent figure of the tomb of in the cloisters of San F
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