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A Family of Decent Folk, 1200-1741: A Study in the Centuries Growth of the Lanfredini, Merchant-Bankers, Art-Patrons, and House-Builders of Florence ... Introduction, Notes, and a Genealogical Ped
M. Mansfield
Paperback. Forgotten Books 2015-09-27.
ISBN 9781330410196
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Excerpt from A Family of Decent Folk, 1200-1741: A Study in the Centuries Growth of the Lanfredini, Merchant-Bankers, Art-Patrons, and House-Builders of Florence With Portraits and Documents for the Most Part Unpublished, an Introduction, Notes, and a Genealogical Pedigree I am travelling along a well-worn road, too often worked over not to require apology from the pilgrim. At this hour obviously, no claim can be made to discovery of anything but the most slender modicum of new matter, although that little prove the raison d'etre of this study of mine, if it helps to fill a gap in the records of those mighty craftsmen of the Florence Quattrocento, the Pollaiuolo. This account of the Lanfredini, a family of merchant-princes, statesmen and patrons of Art, in the atmosphere of their town and country homes, the identification there of a portrait with its counterpart in the Uffizi Gallery, should I hope prove a valid excuse for one more book about Florence being written. Strange to tell, the Lanfredini, no mean members of the ruling oligarchy, named often in Florentine annals, creditable though minor actors in the Renaissance Masque of Fame, honourably mentioned also by Vasari in his record of Florentine art-patronage in the XVIth century, have had to rest content with little more than this, and a few references in State Archives, at the hands of modern historians. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve
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