Castagno
andrea del
[ahn-dre-ah del] /ɑnˈdrɛ ɑ dɛl/ (show ipa), (andrea di bartolo di bargilla) c1423–57, florentine painter.
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the latter had the secret of painting in oils, and yielded to castagno’s entreaties to impart it to him.
p-ssages from the french and italian notebooks, volume 2 nathaniel hawthorne
left an orphan in his boyhood, andrea herded the cattle of an uncle at the hamlet of castagno (whence the painter’s name).
a popular handbook to the national gallery, volume i, foreign schools various
on mount ætna is the famous castagno di cento cavalli, so called from its having sheltered a hundred mounted cavaliers.
forest life and forest trees: comprising winter camp-life among the loggers, and wild-wood adventure. john s. springer
we may there trace the school of castagno, the master of piero, in the harsh features, coloured in a strong and juicy manner.
the history of painting in italy, vol. 1 (of 6) luigi antonio lanzi
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