...Salvi, would be no less admired, were it not so shu t up and concealed. Assuredly it was admired by the soldiers who besieged Florence in 1529, and destroyed the suburbs of the city. Having demolished the belfry, the church, and a part of the monastery itself, on seeing the picture,...

...of the painter who represented them so admirably, but of those who commissioned the picture. Crities have remarked a slight defect in the dead Christ,...imitating that Demetrius who, at the siege of Rhodes respected nothing but a picture by Protegenes.* Andrea painted a great deal ; and on this account is...

...the Virgin, the Descent of the Holy Ghost, and the Last Supper. Speaking of the latter, Lanzi says, " The soldiers who besieged Florence in 1529, and destroyed...is said to have respected nothing but a picture by Protogenes." (See Pliny, xxxv. 10). His most celebrated production is his famous picture of the Holy...

...the Holy Ghost, and the Last Supper. Speaking of the latter, Lanzi says, " The soldiers who hesieged Florence in 1529, and destroyed the suburbs of the...is said to have respected nothing but a picture by Protogenes." (See Pliny, xxxv. 10). His most celebrated production is his famous picture of the Holy...

...the Virgin, the Descent of the Holy Ghost, and the Last Supper. Speaking of the latter, Lanzi says, " The soldiers who besieged Florence in 1529, and destroyed...siege of Rhodes, is said to have respected nothing hut a picture by Protogenes." (See Pliny, xxxv. 10). His most celebrated production is his famous picture...