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Explanatory Or More Detailed References (Where There Are Many), Or References to Places Where an Artist’S Work Is Best Represented, Are Given in Bold index HEAD HEAD HEAD 377 Explanatory or more detailed references (where there are many), or references to places where an artist’s work is best represented, are given in bold. Numbers in italics are picture references. Dates are given for all artists, architects and sculptors. ‘Attrib’ after an artist’s name indicates a work attributed to him or her (not always securely). Abbati, Giuseppe (1830–68) 247, 248, 249 Trínita) 282–83; (other buildings by) 147, Accademia delle Arti del Disegno 101, 176 228, 274, 327, 339; (other sculptural works Accademia di Belle Arti 164, 165 by) 34, 42, 85, 86, 88, 206, 238, 318; (at- Accademia del Cimento 134, 262 trib) 154, 342 Acton, Sir Harold 250, 321, 340 Anderlini, Pietro (c. 1687–1755) 81, 328, Acuto, Giovanni (see Hawkwood) 330, 331 Ademollo, Carlo (1824–1911, grandson of Andersen, Hans Christian 104–05 Luigi) 248 Andrea del Castagno (c. 1420–57) 29, 56, Ademollo, Luigi (1764–1849) 224, 236, 328 59, 131, 155, 175; (Last Supper) 154; (at- Agati, organmakers 328 trib) 301 Agostino di Duccio (1418–81) 91 Andrea del Sarto (1486–1530) 122, 127, Alberti family 206–07, 220 173, 174, 238, 241, 243, 334; (house of) Alberti, Leon Battista (1404–72) 23, 175, 343; (Last Supper) 331, 332; (Madonna del 182, 207, 219, 220, 221; (monument to) Sacco) 176 200; (portrait of) 277 Andrea di Bonaiuto (Andrea da Firenze; Albertinelli, Mariotto (1474–1515) 126 1343–77) 188; (attrib) 183 Albizi family 13, 213, 227 Andrea di Giusto (fl. 1424–50) 204, 326 Alexander VI, pope 34 Andreotti, Libero (1875–1933) 197; (tomb Alfieri, Vittorio 283; (monument to) 17, 198 of) 297 Algardi, Alessandro (1598–1654) 95 Angelico, Fra’ (Guido di Pietro; c. 1400–55) Alinari, photography museum 190 27, 115, 156, 158, 159, 160, 162, 311, Allegri, Lorenzo 261 330; (Annunciation) 160 Allori, Alessandro (1535–1607, pupil of Anghiari, battle of 41 Bronzino) 42, 112, 123, 155, 174, 175, Angiolini, Angiolo (early 19C) 342 176, 186, 189, 205, 246, 272, 275, 294, Anglican church 266 326, 328 Annigoni, Pietro (1910–88) 72, 146, 293; Allori, Cristofano (father of Alessandro) 123 (grave of) 297 Allori, Cristofano (son of Alessandro, Annunzio, Gabriele d’ 312 1577–1621) 210, 238, 246 Anreiter von Zirnfeld, Carl Wendelin Ambrogio di Baldese (1352–1429) 75 (1702–47) 338 Amici, Giovanni Battista 135 Antico (Pier Jacopo Alari-Bonacolsi; 1460– Ammannati, Bartolomeo (1511–92) 102; 1528) 94, 95 (Appennino) 319; (Boboli Gardens) 258, Antico Setificio Fiorentino 279 260, 265; (burial place of) 327; (Palazzo Antonello da Messina (c. 1430–79) 125 Pitti) 231, 232, 233, 234, 244; (Ponte Santa Antoninus, St 73, 75, 78, 156; (cell of) 161; 378 BLUE GUIDE FLORENCE (reliquary bust) 79; (tomb of) 155 Bandini, Angelo Maria 308 Antonio Veneziano (pupil of Taddeo Gaddi, Bandini, Giovanni (Giovanni dell’Opera, fl. late 14C) 156 pupil of Baccio Bandinelli, 1540–99) 68, Arcetri 322 130, 186, 198, 340; (attrib) 309 Archivio di Stato 334 Banking, Florence and 8, 24 Archivio Storico del Comune di Firenze 334 Banti, Cristiano (1824–1904) 247 Arlotto, priest 236, 325 Baptistery 60–66, 63, 67 Arno 8, 280, 280; (flood of) 21 Barbiere, Alessandro (see Fei) Arnoldi, Alberto (d. 1377) 74 Barbieri, Vittorio (1678–c. 1743) 328 Arnolfo di Cambio (c. 1245–1302) 39, 51, Barbino, Pietro 97, 265 53, 67, 80, 93, 193 Bardi family 8, 10, 289 Arringatore 178 Bardini, Stefano 290, 322 Arrotino 122 Bargello 73, 76, 84ff Art Nouveau Houses 338 Barocci, Federico (1526–1612) 128 Arte di Calimala (see Calimala) Bartolini, Lorenzo (1777–1850) 109, 168, Aspetti, Tiziano (1565–1607) 214 200, 201, 239, 295; (burial place of) 176; Attavante degli Attavanti (1452–c. 1525) 148 (studio of) 279 Aulenti, Gae (b. 1927) 191 Bartolomeo di Giovanni (active 1488–1501) 172, 333 B Bartolomeo, Fra’ (1475–1517) 126, 155, Baburen, Dirck van (c 1595–1624) 73 159, 161, 163, 238, 241 Baccani, Gaetano (1792–1867) 75, 193, Batoni, Pompeo (1708–87) 246 334, 338 Bazzani, Cesare (1873–1939) 335 Baccio d’Agnolo (1462–1543) 47, 52, 154, Beatrice, muse of Dante 76, 77 163, 170, 212, 217, 229, 270, 282, 297, Beccafumi, Domenico (1485–1551) 206, 323, 328, 333, 340, 341; (attrib) 186, 282, 223, 237; (attrib) 206 287 Beccai, guild (headquarters of) 101; (taber- Baccio da Montelupo (1469–1535) 100, 145, nacle of) 100 342; (attrib) 161 Beccaria, Cesare 84 Bachiacca, Il (Antonio Ubertini; 1494–1557) Bellano, Bartolomeo and Bertoldo (late 15C; 237, 264, 327; (portrait of) 204 pupils of Donatello) 144 Baciocchi, Elisa 17, 236, 286; (portrait of) Belli, Valerio (c. 1468–1546) 257 247 Bellini, Giovanni (c. 1433–1516) 124 Badia Fiesolana 311–12 Bellosguardo 323 Badia Fiorentina 79–83 Benci di Cione (d. 1388) 35, 89, 99 Baellieur, Cornelis de (17C) 244 Benedetto da Maiano (1442–97) 39, 47, 55, Balatri, Andrea (17C) 311 56, 57, 72, 74, 85, 95, 185, 194, 202, 215, Balatri, Giovanni Battista (1627–99) 330 215, 217, 238, 282, 317; (attrib) 73, 161, Baldovinetti, Alesso (1425–99) 116, 155, 289, 306 173, 203, 214, 225, 300; (attrib) 294 Benedetto da Rovezzano (1474–1552) 80, Balducci, Giovanni (Il Cosci; 1560–after 97, 282, 332, 333 1631) 325, 330, 332 Benvenuti, Pietro (1769–1844) 149, 236 Balocchi, Vincenzo (1892–1975) 37, 191 Berardi, Piero (1904–89) 191, 338 Bandinelli, Baccio (1493–1560) 33, 34, 41, Berenson, Bernard 21, 114, 275, 283, 314, 57, 68, 69, 86, 87, 97, 129, 138, 152, 202, 315 234, 264, 265; (tomb of) 175 Bergognone (Ambrogio da Fossano; fl. INDEX 379 1480–1522) 315 Borgo Santi Apostoli 281 Bernini Gian Lorenzo (1598–1680) 95 Boschi, Fabrizio (c. 1550–1642) 222, 323 Berruguete, Alonso (c. 1488–1561) 48 Boscoli, Andrea (c. 1560–1607) 225 Berti, Antonio (1904–90) 199 Botanical Garden 163, 263 Berti, Giorgio (19C) 288 Botticelli, Sandro (Alessandro Filipepi; 1445– Bertini, Giuseppe 171 1510) 27, 29, 34, 117, 118, 118, 119, 165, Bertoldo di Giovanni (c. 1440–91; pupil of 172, 237, 284; (Birth of Venus) 117; (Pallas Donatello) 90, 164, 230; (attrib) 138 and the Centaur) 118–19; (Primavera) 117; Betti, Sigismondo (1696–c. 1777) 328 (tomb of) 285; (attrib) 183 Bezzuoli, Giuseppe (1784–1855) 204, 247 Botticini, Francesco (1446–97) (attrib) 161 Bianchi, Gaetano (1819–92) 194, 315, 320 Bouts, Dirk (d. 1475) 92 Biblioteca del Consiglio Regionale 334 Bracciolini, Poggio 56, 187 Biblioteca Laurenziana 31, 147–48 Brancacci Chapel 26, 275, 275–77, 276 Biblioteca Magliabechiana 335 Bravo, Cecco (1616–56, pupil of Giovanni da Biblioteca Marucelliana 215, 335 San Giovanni) 211, 254, 327 Biblioteca Nazionale 335 Brina, Francesco (c. 1540–86) 332 Biblioteca delle Oblate 335 British Institute 218, 340 Biblioteca Riccardiana 141 Brizzi, Emilio 283 Bicci di Lorenzo (1373–1452, father of Neri Bronzino (Agnolo di Cosimo Tori; 1503–72) di Bicci) 215, 293, 294, 303, 326, 327, 42, 46, 48, 50, 82, 102, 123, 127, 145, 336; (attrib) 329 175, 186, 201, 204, 211, 241, 319; (Medici Bigallo, Compagnia and Loggia del 73, 74 portraits) 122; (self-portrait) 204 Bilivert, Giovanni (1576–1655) 200, 201, Browning, Elizabeth Barrett 267–68; (tomb 222, 333 of) 230 Bimbi, Bartolomeo (1648–1730) 140 Browning, Robert 170, 230, 267, 278 Birth of Venus 117 Brueghel, Jan (1568–1625) 237 Blagden, Isa 230, 323 Brueghel, Peter the Younger (1564–1638; Bloemen, Jan Frans van (1662–1749) 295 brother of Jan) 223 Boboli Gardens 258–65 Brunelleschi, Filippo (1377–1446) 28, 52, Boccaccino, Boccaccio (c. 1465–1525) 125 105, 137, 186, 287, 329; (Crucifix) 186; Boccaccio, Giovanni 11, 77, 185, 302, 313, (Duomo dome) 53, 59, 71; (Pazzi Chapel) 314; (portraits of) 83, 188 202–03, 202; (portraits of) 54, 277; (S. Bodley, George Frederick (1827–1907) 325 Lorenzo) 141, 142; (S. Spirito) 270; Boldini, Giovanni (1842–1931) 247 (Spedale degli Innocenti) 171; (trial reliefs) Boltraffio, Giovanni Antonio (1466–1516) 90, 91, 91; (tomb of) 58; (attrib) 100, 207, 125 231, 309 Bonaiuti, Telemaco (1803–81) 344 Bruni, Leonardo 12, 187, 199 Bonaparte, Charlotte, tomb of 201 Bruschi, Gaspero (fl. 1740) 338 Bonechi, Matteo (1672–c. 1750) 279, 285 Buggiano (Andrea Cavalcanti; 1412–62, Boniface VIII, pope 77 adopted son on Brunelleschi) 54, 144, 186 Boninsegni, Alfonso (1910–94) 147 Bugiardini, Giuliano (1476–1555) 183, 333 Bonsignori, Stefano (16C) 48, 121, 132, 336 Buglioni family 309 Borghini, Vincenzo (1515–80) 40, 41 Buglioni, Benedetto (1461–1521) 80, 94; Borgo degli Albizi 227 (attrib) 284 Borgo Pinti 187, 229–30 Buglioni, Santi di Michele (1494–1576) 147, Borgo San Frediano 278 176, 264; (attrib) 297 380 BLUE GUIDE FLORENCE Buonarroti family 209, 312 Capucci, Roberto 293 Buonarroti, Lionardo 198, 210 Caradosso (Cristoforo Foppa; c. 1452–c. Buonarroti, Michelangelo (see Michelangelo) 1526) 94 Buonarroti, Michelangelo the Younger 209, Caravaggio (Michelangelo Merisi; c. 261 1571–1610) 130, 238, 244, 342; (copies of Buonomini di San Martino, Compagnia 73, works by) 193 78 Cardinal of Portugal, chapel of 300 Buontalenti, Bernardo (1531–1608) 39, 43, Carpaccio, Vittore (c. 1455–1526) (attrib) 109, 112, 130, 148, 186, 213, 254, 257, 124 258, 265, 271, 293, 301, 312, 317, 326, Carrà, Carlo (1881–1966) 249, 336 334, 336, 339, 341; (Tribuna) 121; (attrib) Carracci, Annibale (1560–1609) 129 229 Carrand, Louis 92 Burckhardt, Jacob 7 Casa Buonarroti 208–11 Buti, Lodovico (c. 1560–1603) 311 Casa di Dante 78 Butteri, Giovanni Maria (1540–1606) (attrib) Casa Guidi 267–68 326 Casa Martelli 222–23 Byron, Lord 121 Casa Morra 341 Casa Rodolfo Siviero 295 C Casa Zuccari 343 Caccini, Giovanni Battista (1559/62–1613) Cascine, park of 286 112, 173, 213, 215, 228, 262, 270, 282, Casina di Livia 164 311; (attrib) 329 Casino Mediceo 341 Cacialli, Giuseppe (1770–1828) 230, 236, Casorati, Felice (1886–1963) 249, 336 238 Cassana, Niccolò (1659–1713) 241 Cacioli, Giovanni Francesco, organmakers Cassioli, Giuseppe (1865–1942) 199 285 Castagnola, Gabriele (1828–83) 248 Cagli, Corrado (1910–76) 336 Castagnoli, Giuseppe (1754–1832) 234 Calcagni, Tiberio (1532–65) 31, 68, 86 Castel di Poggio 315 Calimala, guild 10, 36, 61, 69, 98, 299; Castello di Vincigliata 315 (derivation of name) 102; (tabernacle of) 99 Castellucci, Giuseppe (1863–1939) 78, 308 Callot, Jacques (c.
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