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lorenzo di bicci.
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that if Neri had been granted length of days, and had not died at the age of thirty-six, he would have produced more numerous and better works than did Lorenzo his father.[1] But this Lorenzo, as he was the last of the masters who adhered to the ancient manner of Giotto, so shall his life b e also the closing one of this first part of my work, which, with the aid of the blessed God, I have here brought to a conclusion.
end of first part.
- ↑ His grandfather, that is, as we have before shown. See ante, p. 297. -Ed. Flor. 1849.