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A Wanderer in Florence

CHAPTER XIV
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Of Mino I have said more both at the Badia and at Fiesole.

But here I might remark again that he was born in 1431 and died in 1484, and was the favourite pupil of Desiderio da Settignano, who was in his turn the favourite pupil of Donatello.
In the little church of S.Ambrogio we have seen a tablet to the memory of Mino, who lies there, not far from the grave of Verrocchio, whom he most nearly approached in feeling, although their ideal type of woman differed in everything save the slenderness of the fingers.

The Bargello has both busts and reliefs by him, all distinguished and sensitive and marked by Mino's profound refinement.

The Madonna and Child in No.

232 are peculiarly beautiful and notable both for high relief and shallow relief, and the Child in No.


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