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04-Jul-2008

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About Artworks by Italian Artists Cimabue, Leonardo, and del Piombo Which painting - from 1280, 1503, or 1517 - was carried through Florence, was stolen by an Italian nationalist, or was the first obtained by the National Gallery, London? Q. According to art historian Giorgio Vasari, which painting “was carried to the sound of trumpets and amid scenes of great rejoicing in solemn procession from [the artist’s] house” through the streets of Florence? A. “The Santa Trinita Madonna” (c. 1280) by Cimabue. Thirteenth-century Byzantine artist Cimabue painted this stylized and beautiful Madonna on wood panel for the high altar of the church of Santa Trinita ("Holy Trinity") in Florence, Italy. Santa Trinita is the main church of the Vallumbrosan Order of monks founded in 1092. The church has about 20 chapels that contain a great... [read full story]

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