[A Wanderer in Florence by E. V. Lucas]@TWC D-Link bookA Wanderer in Florence CHAPTER IX 26/33
Finally, there is a Luca predella, No.
1298, representing the Annunciation, the Birth of Christ (in which Joseph is older almost than in any version), and the Adoration of the Magi, all notable for freedom and richness.
Note the realism and charm and the costume of the two pages of the Magi. And now we come to what is perhaps the most lovely picture in the whole gallery, judged purely as colour and sweetness and design--No.1549--a "Madonna Adoring," with Filippino Lippi's name and an interrogation mark beneath it.
Who painted it if not Filippino? That is the question; but into such problems, which confront one at every turn in Florence, I am neither qualified nor anxious to enter.
When doctors disagree any one may decide before me.
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