THE

HISTORY OF PAINTING

IN

ITALY.

VOL. I.

THE

HISTORY OF PAINTING

IN

ITALY,

FROM THE PERIOD OF THE REVIVAL OF

THE FINE ARTS

TO THE END OF THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY:

TRANSLATED

From the Original Italian

OF THE

ABATE LUIGI LANZI.

By THOMAS ROSCOE.

IN SIX VOLUMES.

VOL. I.

CONTAINING THE SCHOOLS OF FLORENCE AND SIENA.

LONDON:

PRINTED FOR

W. SIMPKIN AND R. MARSHALL,

STATIONERS'-HALL COURT, LUDGATE STREET.

1828.

J. M'Creery, Tooks Court,
Chancery Lane,London.

[Pg iii]

ADVERTISEMENT.

After the very copious and excellent remarks upon theobjects of the present history contained in the Author's Preface, theTranslator feels that it would be useless on his part to add any furtherexplanation.

It would not be right, however, to close these volumes without someacknowledgment of the valuable assistance he has received. Amongstothers, he is particularly indebted to Dr. Traill, of Liverpool, whoafter proceeding to some length with a translation of this work, kindlyplaced what he had completed in the hands of the Translator, withliberty to make such use of it as might be deemed advantageous to thepresent undertaking. To Mr. W. Y. Ottley, who also contemplated, and inpart executed, a version of the same author, the Translator has toexpress his obligations for several explanations of terms of art, whichthe intimacy of that gentleman with the fine arts, in all theirbranches, peculiarly qualifies him to impart.[1]Similar acknowledgments are[Pg iv] due to an enlightened and learnedforeigner, Mr. Panizzi, of Liverpool, for his kind explanation ofvarious obscure phrases and doubtful passages.

Notwithstanding the anxious desire and unremitting endeavours of theTranslator to render this work, in all instances, as accurate as thenature of the subject, and the numerous difficulties he had to surmountwould allow, yet, in dismissing it from his hands, he cannot repress thefeeling that he must throw himself upon the indulgence of the public toexcuse such errors as may be discoverable in the text. He trusts,however, that where it may be found incorrect, it will for the most partbe in those passages where doubtful terms of art lay in his way,intelligible only to the initiated, and which perhaps many of thecountrymen of Lanzi themselves might not be able very readily toexplain.

[1] The following are among the valuable workswhich have been given to the public by Mr. Ottley:—The ItalianSchool of Design, being a series of Fac-similes of Original Drawings,&c.—An Inquiry into the History of Engraving.—TheStafford Gallery.—A Series of Plates engraved after the Paintingsand Sculptures of the most eminent masters of the early FlorentineSchool, during the 13th, 14th, and 15th centuries. This work forms acomplete illustration of the first volume of Lanzi.—A Catalogue ofthe National Gallery.—Fac-similes of Specimens of Early Masters,&c.

CONTENTS

OF

THE FIRST VOLUME.