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SANDRO BOTTICELLI.
[chap. vi.
lent preservation, it may justly be termed a most interesting
specimen of the artist's talents. I shall leave it to the research
of future writers, to explain the engraver's meaning in the scroll,
or flourish, which is introduced over the figure of Orpheus, and is
here faithfully copied : |j|
This print measures eight inches and a quarter in width, by five
inches and a half in height.
ALESSANDRO, or SANDRO, FILIPEPI, commonly called
SANDRO BOTTICELLI.
Nat. 1437. Ob. 1515.
As many doubts have been suggested by recent writers relative
to the engravings of Sandro Botticelli—especially to his prints for
the Dante of 1481—and as the account given us by Vasari has
been frequently misinterpreted,* I have judged it the safest method
to introduce the old Florentine artist to my readers in a careful
translation of Vasari's life of him. For, although only a small part
of it treats immediately of Botticelli's works of engraving, the re-
mainder, which contains the descriptions of his paintings, may be
found not a little interesting to the collector of ancient prints; and
may, by giving him a fuller insight into his style of composition
than he would otherwise possess, occasionally assist him in forming
his decisions concerning the probable authenticity of such pieces as
he may find ascribed to him; especially if, in addition to this species
of information, he shall have had the opportunity of a previous
acquaintance with any of that artist's genuine designs, or of his
works of painting.
* Heineken, for example, " Diet, des but, nevertheless, inserts the pieces ascribed,
Artistes," torn. iii. p. 209, makes Baldini whether to Botticelli or Baldini, in the same
the engraver of the prints in the Dante.— article. Ruber, " Manuel," &c. torn. iii.
Bartsch, " Peintre Graveur," torn. xiii. p. 38, is positive in ascribing the prints in
p. 161. appears doubtful upon this point, the Dante to Baldini.
SANDRO BOTTICELLI.
[chap. vi.
lent preservation, it may justly be termed a most interesting
specimen of the artist's talents. I shall leave it to the research
of future writers, to explain the engraver's meaning in the scroll,
or flourish, which is introduced over the figure of Orpheus, and is
here faithfully copied : |j|
This print measures eight inches and a quarter in width, by five
inches and a half in height.
ALESSANDRO, or SANDRO, FILIPEPI, commonly called
SANDRO BOTTICELLI.
Nat. 1437. Ob. 1515.
As many doubts have been suggested by recent writers relative
to the engravings of Sandro Botticelli—especially to his prints for
the Dante of 1481—and as the account given us by Vasari has
been frequently misinterpreted,* I have judged it the safest method
to introduce the old Florentine artist to my readers in a careful
translation of Vasari's life of him. For, although only a small part
of it treats immediately of Botticelli's works of engraving, the re-
mainder, which contains the descriptions of his paintings, may be
found not a little interesting to the collector of ancient prints; and
may, by giving him a fuller insight into his style of composition
than he would otherwise possess, occasionally assist him in forming
his decisions concerning the probable authenticity of such pieces as
he may find ascribed to him; especially if, in addition to this species
of information, he shall have had the opportunity of a previous
acquaintance with any of that artist's genuine designs, or of his
works of painting.
* Heineken, for example, " Diet, des but, nevertheless, inserts the pieces ascribed,
Artistes," torn. iii. p. 209, makes Baldini whether to Botticelli or Baldini, in the same
the engraver of the prints in the Dante.— article. Ruber, " Manuel," &c. torn. iii.
Bartsch, " Peintre Graveur," torn. xiii. p. 38, is positive in ascribing the prints in
p. 161. appears doubtful upon this point, the Dante to Baldini.