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A Wanderer in Florence

CHAPTER IX
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3452--one of the pictures which escaped Savonarola's bonfire of vanities, and No.

1305, a Virgin and Child with various Saints by Domenico Veneziano (1400-1461), who taught Gentile da Fabriano, the teacher of Jacopo Bellini.

This picture is a complete contrast to the Uccello: for that is all tapestry, richness, and belligerence, and this is so pale and gentle, with its lovely light green, a rare colour in this gallery..


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