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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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ANECDOTES 263 painter in the world ? Giotto without hesitation replied : I thinkthat he would believe it, if, looking at you, he should also concludethat you knew the a, b, c, An answer which caused Messer Foreseto admit that he had been amply repaid in his own coin. Giotto had inherited property from his father at Vespignano,and added to it by successive purchases. His son Francesco, whohad been declared of age in 1318, and who took orders in 1319,^represented his fathers interest when the latter was absent fromFlorence, and shared this responsibility at various times withNicholas his brother. Bice, one of Giottos daughters, was a laynun of the Dominicans of S. Maria Novella, and married Piero diMaestro Franco in Mugello a year after Giottos death. Catherine,her sister, was the wife of Ricco di Lapo, a painter at Florence;Lucia, another sister, was betrothed in 1335 to one Zaccherino diCoppino of Vespignano. A third son of Giotto was called Donatodi Bondone.2 Giottos profession kept

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