The Venice Academy: Containing a Brief History of the Building And of Its Collection of ...
The Venice Academy: Containing a Brief History of the Building And of Its Collection of ...
Mary Knight Potter
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Over the baby*s body is a gauzy white veil, one end of which his mother is lifting. In the nimbus about her head are the words of the Annunciation in golden, mediaeval letters. The background is gold, and on it are painted angels who guard the Holy Pain The horns of the moon show at the base of the picture, the moon being one of the s3miboIs of the Virgin. Tf this actually is by Gentile da Fabriano. for its attribution has been doubted, it is difficult to judge as to what was its original 144 t...Cbe Hrt of t&e Wentce Sca&cmt estate, so greatly has it been repainted. The pig- ment in places is tremendously thick, and his sig- nature is generally considered to be a modem addition. Younger than Gentile da Fabriano, somewhat younger, probably, than Jacopo Bellini, was Piero della Francesco, though the year of his birth is not yet definitely settled. It has been given as early as 1398, and even later than 14 10. His full name was Piero di Benedetto dei Franceschi, and he was born at Borgo San Sepolcro, between Arezzo and Urbino.
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