Plate X: The Raising of Drusiana
Giotto
Peruzzi Chapel, Church of S. Croce, Florence
Photography by Anderson
Portrait of Giotto
Paolo Uccello
Louvre, Paris
This portrait of Giotto was painted in the first half of the fifteenth century by Paolo Uccello, a Florentine artist. It is a detail of a picture containing five heads, representing, besides Giotto, Uccello himself, Donatello, Brunelleschi, and Manetti. Vasari took the engraving for his biography of Giotto from this likeness, which was probably based upon some older portrait of the artist. He is here represented in a red cloak and head covering; and it would seem that Uccello's brush has somewhat flattered him, for we are told that he was "singularly ill-favored" in outward appearance.
MASTERS IN ART
[Giotto di Bondone]
BORN 1266(?): DIED 1337
FLORENTINE SCHOOL
JULIA CARTWRIGHT — 'THE PAINTERS OF FLORENCE'