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Title: The art of the Pitti Palace : with a short history of the building of the palace, and its owners, and an appreciation of its treasures
Year: 1903 (1900s)
Authors: Addison, Julia de Wolf Gibbs, 1866-
Subjects: Palazzo Pitti Painting
Publisher: Boston : L.C. Page

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erced heart, are gathered into one lampof ineffable love. The child stands on his mothersknee, with his hand upraised in blessing, and isquite majestic in his pose. They are sitting underan extremely tall shed of very light construction.In fact it is one of those purely imaginary buildingsof the fifteenth century, which would be of no realservice as a shelter. Before the child kneels one of the kings, an agedman, with flowing beard and white hair. He hasjust placed his crown at the infants feet, and is alsooffering a vase of costly perfume. His draperiesare soft and clinging, but are richly trimmed withgems. These precious stones are painted with asmuch care as any of the more important parts ofthe picture. Behind him stands another king, inan equally rich but even more ornate costume. Hewears a turban, and is carrying a vase similar tothat presented by the first king. His turban wouldindicate that he might be intended for the king whoso often figures as a negro; but he is here repre-
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THE EPIPHANYBy Pinturicchio ; in the Stanza of Prometheus i Ubc Stansa of ©tometbeus «73 sented as a white man, with a pointed beard, andrather Florentine than otherwise in his style. Thethird king stands at the left of this one, dressed allin rich velvets, with silken hose and jewelled hatand collar. His crown is noticeable above his hat,as is also the Moorish kings above his turban. Hehas an extremely straight profile. His hair is intight ringlets in the style Of the Sienese youths ofthat artists day. In one thing the painter has beensuccessful: he has studied types; and each man orwoman in this minute work is absolutely differentfrom every other. Each is a separate study of per-sonality, worked out from a love of truth. Thereis no indication here of a picture ordered to repre-sent the Nativity at so much for the square foot.It is the work of a loving, careful man who hasdone his best. The figures thus far described fillthe foreground. Immediately back of them come the Wise Men:a

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