A Family of Decent Folk, 1200-1741: A Study in the Centuries Growth of the Lanfredini, Merchant-Bankers, Art-Patrons, and House-Builders of Florence with Portraits and Documents for the Most Part Unpublished, an Introduction, Notes, and a Genealogical Ped
A Family of Decent Folk, 1200-1741: A Study in the Centuries Growth of the Lanfredini, Merchant-Bankers, Art-Patrons, and House-Builders of Florence with Portraits and Documents for the Most Part Unpublished, an Introduction, Notes, and a Genealogical Ped
Excerpt from A Family of Decent Folk, 1200-1741: A Study in the Centuries Growth of the Lanfredini, Merchant-Bankers, Art-Patrons, and House-Builders of Florence With Portraits and Documents for the Most Part Unpublished, an Introduction, Notes, and a Genealogical Pedigree It so happened that the proprietor had placed his public rooms at the disposal of a war-charity entertainment committee, with the result that the wall-decoration hitherto often looked upon unseeing, now compelled attention. The portraits set in ...
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Excerpt from A Family of Decent Folk, 1200-1741: A Study in the Centuries Growth of the Lanfredini, Merchant-Bankers, Art-Patrons, and House-Builders of Florence With Portraits and Documents for the Most Part Unpublished, an Introduction, Notes, and a Genealogical Pedigree It so happened that the proprietor had placed his public rooms at the disposal of a war-charity entertainment committee, with the result that the wall-decoration hitherto often looked upon unseeing, now compelled attention. The portraits set in medallions of laurel frescoed upon the spandrils of the two arches supporting the superstructure of the court, now the winter-garden, recalled faces seen elsewhere. Signor Benini s courtesy which I take this opportunity to acknowledge permitted photographs to be taken which upon close examination revealed in the male portrait, the replica accurate to the minutest detail, of a panel painting in the Uflizi Gallery depicting an Unknown Youth; whilst the companion, a typical Florentine gentlewoman, presented such marked points of contact with another portrait, (uflizi. No. 3450) as to confirm the origin of both in the Pollaiuolo workshop. These paintings, together with the rest of the wall - decoration and stone-carving in the house pointed to an intense love of the beautiful in the former owners. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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