Chapter 1

Historical Chart of Florence and Europe, 1296-1564

List of Illustrations

In Colour

The Duomo and Campanile, From the Via Pecori

The Cloisters of San Lorenzo, Showing the Windows of the Biblioteca Laurenziana

The Via Calzaioli, from the Baptistery, Showing the Bigallo and the Top of Or San Michele

The Palazzo Vecchio

The Loggia of the Palazzo Vecchio and the Via de' Leoni

The Loggia de' Lanzi, the Duomo, and the Palazzo Vecchio, from the Portico of the Uffizi

Fiesole, from the Hill under the Monastery

The Badia and the Bargello, from the Piazza S. Firenze

Interior of S. Croce

The Ponte S. Trinità

The Ponte Vecchio and Back of the Via de' Bardi

S. Maria Novella and the Corner of the Loggia di S. Paolo

The Via de' Vagellai, from the Piazza S. Jacopo Trafossi

The Piazza Della Signoria on a Wet Friday Afternoon

View of Florence at Evening, from the Piazzale Michelangelo

Evening at the Piazzale Michelangelo, Looking West

In Monotone

A Cantoria. By Donatello, in the Museum of the Cathedral

Cain and Abel and Abraham and Isaac. By Ghiberti, from his second Baptistery Doors

The Procession of the Magi. By Benozzo Gozzoli, in the Palazzo Riccardi

Tomb of Lorenzo de' Medici, Duke of Urbino. By Michelangelo, in the New Sacristy of S. Lorenzo

Christ and S. Thomas. By Verrocchio, in a niche by Donatello and Michelozzo in the wall of Or San Michele

Putto with Dolphin. By Verrocchio, in the Palazzo Vecchio

Madonna Adoring. Ascribed to Filippino Lippi, in the Uffizi

The Adoration of the Magi. By Leonardo da Vinci, in the Uffizi

Madonna and Child. By Luca Signorelli, in the Uffizi

†The Birth of Venus. By Botticelli, in the Uffizi

The Annunciation. By Botticelli, in the Uffizi

San Giacomo. By Andrea del Sarto, in the Uffizi

The Madonna del Cardellino. By Raphael, in the Uffizi

The Madonna del Pozzo. By Franciabigio, in the Uffizi

Monument to Count Ugo. By Mino da Fiesole, in the Badia

David. By Donatello, in the Bargello By Verrocchio, in the Bargello

St. George. By Donatello, in the Bargello

Madonna and Child. By Verrocchio, in the Bargello

Madonna and Child. By Luca della Robbia, in the Bargello

Bust of a Boy. By Luca or Andrea della Robbia, in the Bargello

*Monument to Carlo Marzuppini. By Desiderio da Settignano, in S. Croce

David. By Michelangelo, in the Accademia

The Flight into Egypt. By Fra Angelico, in the Accademia

The Adoration of the Shepherds. By Ghirlandaio, in the Accademia

The Vision of S. Bernard. By Fra Bartolommeo, in the Accademia

Virgin and Child Enthroned, with Saints. By Botticelli, in the Accademia

Primavera. By Botticelli, in the Accademia

The Coronation of the Virgin. By Fra Angelico, in the Convent of S. Marco

The Annunciation. By Luca della Robbia, in the Spedale degli Innocenti

The Birth of the Virgin. By Ghirlandaio, in S. Maria Novella

The Madonna del Granduca. By Raphael, in the Pitti

The Madonna della Sedia. By Raphael, in the Pitti

The Concert. By Giorgione, in the Pitti

Madonna Adoring. By Botticini, in the Pitti

The Madonna and Children. By Perugino, in the Pitti

*A Gipsy. By Boccaccio Boccaccini, in the Pitti

All the illustrations are from photographs by G. Brogi, except those marked †, which are by Fratelli Alinari, and that marked *, which is by R. Anderson.

A WANDERER IN FLORENCE