"Gozzoli (Benozzo), Florence. 1424-1485. (Tempera, W. 42 x 42.) The annunciation. The virgin is seated outside of a florentine loggia, at the further end of which, through a door, is seen her bedroom. her stately chair is covered with a golden cloth. Gabriel * appears, with golden slippers, and wings of great splendor. he is without the usual lily, and devoutly and reverentially folds his arms upon his breast, as he humbly bends before Mary to tell her of the glad tidings that are to come through her to earth. She listens to him with wonder and awe. The influence of Fra Angelico is seen in the spiritual faces of both; but the treatment of drapery, and modelling in general, show a decided superiority to Gozzoli's master. A very fine specimen of a rare and valued master. * Engraved. 'Art- Studies,' plate L., fig. 37." [p. 15.]
Descriptive Catalogue of the Paintings now on exhibition at the Institute of Fine Arts, 625 Broadway, comprising the Celebrated Pictures of the well-known Dusseldorf Gallery, with several interesting additions, and the unique Jarves Collection of Old Masters. New York: John Russell, Printer, No. 79 John Street. 1860.
