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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
Contributing Library: Harold B. Lee Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Brigham Young University

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ettled to thesatisfaction of all. The best picture that Cigoli ever painted is theEcce Homo, Number 90. The group of three fig-ures is placed on a balcony. Pilate has broughtJesus forth to show him to the multitude. In thecentre Christ is seen standing full face, crowned withthe Crown of Thorns, and his hands confined to^gether by a chain. At one side a man in a tornwhite shirt and a red hat is removing the mantlewith which the Saviour has been covered, whilePilate, in a yellow brocade robe and a turban, leansforward, pointing to the sufferer, and is in theact of exclaiming, Behold the Man! The ex-pression in Pilates eyes is that of extenuation andpleading with the populace for mercy. The soldiersare grouped in the background awaiting orders. Onthe balustrade lies the scourge. The drawing andcolouring are both excellent. It is, on the whole,as satisfactory a treatment of this painful subjectas any presented in the Renaissance school. Thefatigue and human endurance are well depicted on
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ECCE HOMOBy Cigoli; in the Hall of Mars ( Xtbe iball of flDars m the face of Christ. It comes nearer being a naturalrepresentation of suffering than most paintings deal-ing with this scene. The artist has caught the trueinterpretation of the moment chosen for portrayal.There is the languor of physical pain, not yet relievedby any uplifting spiritual exaltation. The handsare not so well managed. They are a little lackingin virility; they are effeminate and small, — hardlythe hands of a Galilean peasant who had workedat the carpenters trade. The hands are the onlyreally weak element in the picture. The history of this picture is an interesting one.Monseigneur Massimi wished to obtain the bestpainting which could be produced dealing with thissubject. So he gave the order to three artists, Pas-signano, Caravaggio, and Cigoli. Neither of thesemen was aware that there were other competitors.When the three pictures were presented, that ofCigoli was so far superior to the others that thepre

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