Walks in Florence (Volume 2) (Paperback)

Book may have numerous typos, missing text, images, or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1873. Excerpt: ... ment of the figures is well expressed, but the heads, though not without beauty of feature, are insipid, and the clear bright colour has a certain prettiness, inappropriate to a subject taken from sacred story. Matteo Rosselli and Jacopo da Empoli may be regarded as the colourists of this school; they endeavoured to modify the exclusive attention paid to anatomy and drawing, which, in the hands of the followers of Michael Angelo, had become pedantic and exaggerated. No. 10. A graceful picture of Narcissus at the Fountain, by Francesco Curradi: Narcissus is represented as a peasantlad. No. 21. Sta. Martina, by Pietro da Cortona. No. 22. Apollo flaying Marsyas, by Bilivert. No. 27. The Saviour appearing to St. Peter on the Water, by Cigoli. Though in an obscure place between the windows, it is one of the best pictures in this room, and is a work of considerable power, with more nature and expression, and less of the model, than is usual with this school, whose principal merit is correct drawing and strict obedience to rule. The ceiling of the next room, the Sala di Apollo, was chiefly painted by Cyrus Ferri. No. 36. The Portrait of the Archbishop Bartolini Salimbeni, by Girolamo da Carpi, of the Ferrarese School, 1494 --1566. The archbishop was of the Florentine family whose palace, now forming part of the Hotel de l'Europe, in the Via Porta Rossa, is still distinguished by the Salimbeni poppy. He was appointed administrator of the Pisan Church by Pope Leo X., and Archbishop of Malaga by Charles V., and he was buried in the Campo Santo of Pisa. VOL. II. B B Nos. 37 and 38 are indifferent examples of pictures by Paolo Veronese and Jacopo Palma of Venice. No. 29. A Holy Family, by Angelo Bronzino. The head of the Virgin is a fine portrait, in his usual style, and not unlike Bianca Capel...