. Verocchio. t ofthe Bargello bust, an expression of shy interrogation,charmingly appropriate to the youth of the lady. Thedetails of the dress are elaborate and characteristic. Theacanthus leaves of the clasp which fastens her tunic arecut with the sharpness of those on the Tomb of S. embroidery of the sleeves is carefully wrought with agoldsmiths love of fine detail, and the hair is so realistic-ally carved that the marks of the comb are visible whereit is drawn off the forehead. Again there is a difficulty of identification of the bears usually the name of Medea Colleo
. Verocchio. t ofthe Bargello bust, an expression of shy interrogation,charmingly appropriate to the youth of the lady. Thedetails of the dress are elaborate and characteristic. Theacanthus leaves of the clasp which fastens her tunic arecut with the sharpness of those on the Tomb of S. embroidery of the sleeves is carefully wrought with agoldsmiths love of fine detail, and the hair is so realistic-ally carved that the marks of the comb are visible whereit is drawn off the forehead. Again there is a difficulty of identification of the bears usually the name of Medea Colleoni, the daughterof the General immortalised by Verrocchio in his Venicestatue, on account of the pattern embroidered on thesleeve, which resembles the stemma of the family. Neither * Dr. Bode, finding a likeness to the Ghirlandesque medal inscribedGiovanna degli Albizzi, wife of Lorenzo Tornabuoni, supposes the bustto be a portrait of her, but the features on the medal appear to me todiffer considerably. XXIV. MEDEA COLLEONI. COLLECTION OF M. GUSTAVE DREYFUS, PARIS(By kind permission of M. G. Dreyfus) Face p. no XXV
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