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Title: A new history of painting in Italy, from the II to the XVI century;
Year: 1908 (1900s)
Authors: Crowe, J. A. (Joseph Archer), 1825-1896 Cavalcaselle, G. B. (Giovanni Battista), 1820-1897 Hutton, Edward, 1875-1969
Subjects: Painting, Italian
Publisher: London, J. M. Dent New York, E. P. Dutton
Contributing Library: Getty Research Institute
Digitizing Sponsor: Getty Research Institute

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the whole preceded by an appeal to the religion ofthe members, of which the following may be taken as an amusingspecimen : As it is our opinion that during this our dangerous pilgrimageon earth, we should have S. Luke EvangeUst as a special advocate 1 Vasaui, vol. ii., p. 179. 2 Where four saints have recently been rescued from whitewash. * The spectator may still perceive that the nude in Jacopo da Casentinowas of a coarse fiery tone. On comparison of other works, it is obvious thatVasari correctly assigns the figures at Orsanmichele to him. Vasaei, vol. ii.,p. 179. * See the statutes in Gaye, Cartcggio, uhi sup,, vol. ii., p. 32, with thefalse date of 1339—Gaye having misread the original MS., which is muchabraded. (The Guild of S. Luke was founded in 1339. Cf. Vasari (Ed.Sansoni), vol. i., p. 674. Jacopo da Casentino and Bernardo Daddi wereentered in 1349.) ^ See those rules in Gayf, Carteggio, uhi sup., vol. ii., p. 39. MADONNA AND CHILDI^ADDi. S. Giorgio Ruballa, near Florence.
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JACOPO DA CASENTINO 419 between us, the Divine Majesty and the glorious Virgin Mary, and atthe same time that her servants should be pure and free from sin,we do hereby order that all who do or shall inscribe their names asmembers of this company, be they male or female, shall contritelyconfess their sins, or at least make proof of an intention to do so onthe nearest possible occasion .... and whoever joins this body isbound daily to tell five Paternoster and five Ave Maria ; and shouldhe omit or be constrained by circumstances to neglect his duty andforget these prayers one day, he shall tell them the next, or wheneverthe matter may come within his memory. The statute and organisation of the Company of Painters wasregistered before a notary in 1354, up to which time it is evidentthat Jacopo da Casentino remained in Florence.^ How muchlonger after this he resided there is as uncertain as the date ofTaddeo Gaddis death or Agnolos birth. But if Arezzo owed tohim, as Vasari states, the r

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