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LORENZO DI BICCI.
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flourished; his manner closely resembled that of the above-
named painters, but his colouring was more brilliant and his
figures less majestic. Alvaro painted many pictures in
Volterra, and there is one by his hand in Sant’ Antonio of
Pisa, with others in other places, but as they are of no great
excellence we need say nothing more of them. In our book
there is a drawing by Taddeo Bartoli, which represents
Christ with two Angels, and is done with the practised hand
of a master.*
LORENZO DI BICCI, PAINTER, OF FLORENCE.
[born 1350—died 1427.]
When men who distinguish themselves in any honour-
able vocation, join excellence of character and the grace of
pleasing manners to their abilities for action ; above all,
when they unite with these qualities, an obliging disposition
and a courtesy which renders them ever prompt and ready
to oblige those who require their services—they are nearly
sure of securing all that, in a certain sense, can be desired in
from Pisa. This painting, the figures of which are of the size of life,
represents the Virgin enthroned, with the Divine Infant standing upright
on her knee. They are surrounded by eight Angels, two of whom offer
gifts to the Child, while two are sounding the lute and psaltery with
infinite grace of action. The colouring of this work is clear and bril-
liant, as Vasari describes that of this master to be, the style of the draw-
ing is pure, and the whole work is executed in a firm, energetic manner,
giving evidence of more ability in the artist, than he would be inferred
■ to possess from the few words of Vasari. Beneath is the following
■ inscription:—
“ ALVARO . PIRES . D . EVORA . PINTOR.”
’ A very fine work of Taddeo Bartoli, unmentioned by the writers of his
hie, i? still to be seen over the central door of the cathedral at Monte-
pulciano. It is a large triptych, and the following inscription may still
be deciphered:—
“THADEUS BARTOLI DE SENIS DEPIN [xiT] . . . .QUESTA OPERA AL
TEMPO DI MESSER
* A picture by Taddeo was taken to Paris in 1812, and still remains
in the Louvre. It represents the Virgin, the Infant Jesus, and four
Saints, on a gold ground.
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289
flourished; his manner closely resembled that of the above-
named painters, but his colouring was more brilliant and his
figures less majestic. Alvaro painted many pictures in
Volterra, and there is one by his hand in Sant’ Antonio of
Pisa, with others in other places, but as they are of no great
excellence we need say nothing more of them. In our book
there is a drawing by Taddeo Bartoli, which represents
Christ with two Angels, and is done with the practised hand
of a master.*
LORENZO DI BICCI, PAINTER, OF FLORENCE.
[born 1350—died 1427.]
When men who distinguish themselves in any honour-
able vocation, join excellence of character and the grace of
pleasing manners to their abilities for action ; above all,
when they unite with these qualities, an obliging disposition
and a courtesy which renders them ever prompt and ready
to oblige those who require their services—they are nearly
sure of securing all that, in a certain sense, can be desired in
from Pisa. This painting, the figures of which are of the size of life,
represents the Virgin enthroned, with the Divine Infant standing upright
on her knee. They are surrounded by eight Angels, two of whom offer
gifts to the Child, while two are sounding the lute and psaltery with
infinite grace of action. The colouring of this work is clear and bril-
liant, as Vasari describes that of this master to be, the style of the draw-
ing is pure, and the whole work is executed in a firm, energetic manner,
giving evidence of more ability in the artist, than he would be inferred
■ to possess from the few words of Vasari. Beneath is the following
■ inscription:—
“ ALVARO . PIRES . D . EVORA . PINTOR.”
’ A very fine work of Taddeo Bartoli, unmentioned by the writers of his
hie, i? still to be seen over the central door of the cathedral at Monte-
pulciano. It is a large triptych, and the following inscription may still
be deciphered:—
“THADEUS BARTOLI DE SENIS DEPIN [xiT] . . . .QUESTA OPERA AL
TEMPO DI MESSER
* A picture by Taddeo was taken to Paris in 1812, and still remains
in the Louvre. It represents the Virgin, the Infant Jesus, and four
Saints, on a gold ground.
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