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Title: A guide to the paintings in the churches and minor museums of Florence; a critical catalogue, with quotations from Vasari
Year: 1908 (1900s)
Authors: Cruttwell, Maud Vasari, Giorgio, 1511-1574
Subjects: Art Painting, Italian
Publisher: London, J. M. Dent New York, E. P. Dutton & co.
Contributing Library: Harold B. Lee Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Brigham Young University

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tures so animated that they seem reallyalive; and especially S. Peter, who in the effort toextract the money from the body of the fish, has hisface red from stooping; and also where he pays thetribute, in which may be seen his emotion in countingthe money and the greed of the collector, who looks at itin his hand with great delightP (Vas. ii. 297.) MASACCIO AND FILIPPINO LIPPL The Resuscitation of a ToutJi and S. Peter Enthroned.The whole scene seems to have been composed by 70 S. MARTA DEL CARMINE Masaccio, but only the figure of S. Peter enthroned tohave been painted by him. In the King with theseated figures on either side, in S. Peter, and in someof those to the right his style is visible, but all seemto have been painted by Filippino. Masaccio painted also the Resuscitation of theKings Son by SS. Peter and Paul, but it was left un-finished by reason of his death and was completed byFilippino. (Vas. ii. 298.) In his early youthFilippino completed the Chapel of the Brancacci in the
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The Resuscitation of the Kings Son andS. Peter Enthroned Masaccio and Filippino Lippi. Carmine. Carmine of Florence, begun by Masolino, and notentirely finished by Masaccio owing to his death.Filippo thereforej completed it and painted the re-mainder of a scene which was lacking, where S. Peterand S. Paul resuscitate the nephew of the Emperor ; i?ithe face of that nude child he portrayed FrancescoGranacci, at that time a youth ; and likewise MesserTommaso Soderini, knight; Piero Guicciardini, fatherof Messer Francesco who wrote the histories ; Piero delPugliese and Luigi Pala the poet. (Vas. iii. 462.) These are the four men standing to the left in theforeground, but the names seem to be hypothetical. ALTAR WALL 71 In the centre the youth kneels before S. Peter, whostretches his hand towards him, S. Paul kneelingbehind. The youth is on a white cloth on which areskullsand cross-bones, the implements of theincantationsof Simon Magus, who stands behind S. Paul, raisinghis hands in astoni

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