A guide to the paintings in the churches and minor museums of Florence; a critical catalogue, with quotations from Vasari . The AnnunciationAlesso Baldovinetti. S, Miniato. in each arch. Below the architrave is a frieze com-posed of the different stemmi of the Cardinal, and inthe angles of the arches below are Prophets holdingscrolls. On the left wall, above the throne of colouredmarbles, carrying out the architecture in the marblebench, is ** a beautiful Annunciation by Alesso Bal-dovinetti, one of his finest works. It is better pre-served than the rest, being painted on a panel fixedto the w
A guide to the paintings in the churches and minor museums of Florence; a critical catalogue, with quotations from Vasari . The AnnunciationAlesso Baldovinetti. S, Miniato. in each arch. Below the architrave is a frieze com-posed of the different stemmi of the Cardinal, and inthe angles of the arches below are Prophets holdingscrolls. On the left wall, above the throne of colouredmarbles, carrying out the architecture in the marblebench, is ** a beautiful Annunciation by Alesso Bal-dovinetti, one of his finest works. It is better pre-served than the rest, being painted on a panel fixedto the wall. At one end of a low bench is seated theVirgin, with a brocade curtain behind her, a noblefigure of great beauty; at the other extremity kneels CHAPEL OF THE CRUCIFIX 207 the Archangel in brocade robes, with fair hair arrangedin symmetrical curls. Over the marble parapet arecypresses seen against the sky. The effect is some-what spoiled by the gold framework added fresco is erroneously attributed by Vasari toPiero Pollaiuolo, as also are the prophets in the arches.(Vas. iii. 291.) **(Over Altar.) ANTONIO
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