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Title: Antonio Pollaiuolo
Year: 1907 (1900s)
Authors: Cruttwell, Maud
Subjects: Pollaiolo, Antonio, 1426?-1498 Pollaiolo, Piero, ca. 1443-1496
Publisher: London : Duckworth and Co. New York : C. Scribner's Sons
Contributing Library: Harold B. Lee Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Brigham Young University

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men-at-arms, about thirty lihhre of pearls, forthe most part of the greatest price, of the value of fromfive to fourteen soldi the ounce; of which two garmentsalone, not reckoning the other expenses of cloth, brocades,and jewels, cost about five thousand florins, that is, about52 libbre of the purest gold.* Although none of these pieces of pageant-armourhave survived, one work, executed possibly to be carriedin some tournament, is in existence—the shield formerlyin the collection of Mr. Capel Cure, Badger Hall,Shropshire, dispersed in 1905, now in that of SignorBrauer, Florence (Plate XXVIII.). It is certainly bythe hand of Antonio himself and a work of muchimportance. The shield is of wood painted black, andupon it is modelled in high relief a nude figure abouttwo feet high, gilded. It represents Milo of Cortona inhis death agony, his hands caught in the cleft of thetree, which in his old age he attempted to uproot, and* Borghini, Discorsi, Fiorenza, 1585,11. pp. 162—164, XXVIII
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SHIELD WITH MILO OF CROTONABY ANTONIO POLLAIUOLO. COL-LECTION OF SIGNOR BRAUER FLORENCE(By kind permission of Signer Brauer) Face p. 134 PAINTINGS AND STUDIES 135 unable to withdraw them was devoured by wild beasts.On either side of the head the name of the hero isinscribed in gold letters—milo cro—and round theborder runs the following inscription jq invalido SAPIENTIS EST POST VICTORIA QVIESCHRE NIHIL N TAM FIRMV cvi NO SIT PERicvLv. On the right is painted a stemmawhich Signor Brauer supposes to be that of the Miautifamily of Arezzo. The figure is of the same stout buildas the nudes of the engraving, and is splendidly modelledon broad planes with sculpturesque largeness andfreedom. The shield is in good condition and has aspecial value as one of the few surviving specimens ofsuch decorative work by a great master. CHAPTER IX THE VIRTUES OF THE MERCATANZIA, 1470 The next documentarily dated work after the designsfor the Embroideries is the series of Virtues painted forthe Univer

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