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Explanatory Or More Detailed References, Or References to Places Where an Artist’S Work Is Best Represented, Are Given in Bold 412 Index Explanatory or more detailed references, 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. For more detailed entries on Florentine artists, refer to the Glossary of Artists on p. 393 Abbati, Giuseppe (1836–58) 260 Almeni, Sforza 87 Accademia del Cimento 300 Altoviti family 303 Accademia della Crusca 332 Ambrogio di Baldese (1352–1429) 80 Accademia delle Arti del Disegno 102, 145, American Episcopal Church 341 189, 287 Ammannati, Bartolomeo (1511–92) 38, 46, Accademia di Belle Arti 160; (gallery of) 176 85, 86, 102, 139, 150, 231, 240, 285, 304, Acciaioli family 303 331, 350, 351, 352, 353; (Boboli Gardens) Acciaioli, Niccolò 337 265, 274; (Palazzo Pitti) 242, 243, 247, 249, Accommodation 361 256; (Ponte Santa Trínita) 303; (burial Acton, Sir Harold 244, 291, 334; (grave of) place of) 341 357 Anderlini, Pietro (1687–1755) 96, 341, 344 Acuto, Giovanni (see Hawkwood) Andersen, Hans Christian 104 Ademollo, Luigi (1764–1849) 236, 249, 250, Andrea del Castagno (c. 1420–57) 31, 56, 60, 341 114, 141, 187; (Last Supper) 173 Agati organmakers 341 Andrea di Giusto (fl. 1424–50) 229 Agostino di Duccio (1418–81) 83, 90 Andrea del Sarto (1486–1530) 132, 172, 186, Alberti family 222, 230 188, 252, 254, 255, 256; (Last Supper) 174, Alberti, Leon Battista (1404–72) 188, 201, 175; (house of) 349; (self-portrait) 186 202, 204; (portrait of) 288 Andrea di Bonaiuto (Andrea Bonaiuti or Albertinelli, Mariotto (1474–1515) 132, 337 Andrea da Firenze; 1343–77) 208, 212, 356 Albertini, Francesco 8 Andreotti, Libero (1875–1933) 222; (grave Albizi family 15, 196, 239 of) 357 Alfieri, Vittorio, monument to 20, 224 Angelico, Fra’ (Guido di Pietro; c. 1400–55) Algardi, Alessandro (1598–1654) 93 30, 121, 122, 162, 165, 290, 323, 344; (San Allori, Alessandro (1535–1607) 46, 117, 170, Marco) 162, 163, 167, 168; (self-portrait) 187, 189, 207, 211, 212, 213, 226, 258, 284, 122 288, 289, 296, 339, 341 Anghiari, battle of 16, 45 Allori, Cristofano (1577–1621) 234, 252, 258 Anglican church 279 Index 413 Annigoni, Pietro (1910–88) 78, 149; Balducci, Giovanni (Il Cosci; 1560–after (museum) 275; (grave of) 357 1631) 174, 339, 344 Antico, L’ (Pier Jacopo Alari-Bonacolsi; Bandinelli, Baccio (1493–1560) 36, 38, 45, 1460–1528) 92, 93 57, 76, 77, 86, 94, 135, 143, 157, 229, 248, Antico Setificio Fiorentino 290 273, 274; (self-portrait) 188 Antinori, Niccolò 203 Bandini, Giovanni (Giovanni dell’Opera; Antonello da Messina (c. 1430–79) 128 1540–99) 72, 75, 77, 141, 211, 224, 351 Antoninus, St 110, 162, 184; (birthplace of) Banti, Cristiano (1824–1904) 259 81; (reliquary of) 111; (burial place of) 170 Baptistery 62, 65; (doors from) 68, 71, 89, Antonio del Ceraiolo (early 16C) 174 89 Antonio Veneziano (14C) 72, 171 Bardi family 11, 12, 156, 219, 293; (frescoes Arcetri 335 commissioned by) 13, 219 Archivio di Stato 345 Bardi, Giovanni 230, 244 Archivio Storico 345 Bardini, Stefano 275, 294, 335 Arlotto, priest 249, 339 Bardini, Ugo 294 Arno river 10, 298, 299; (flood and flood Bargello 82ff damage) 21, 190, 216, 226, 229, 298, 346 Bartolini Bartolini, Lorenzo (1777–1850) Arnoldi, Alberto (d. 1377) 80 114, 178, 225, 253, 354; (studio of) 289; Arnolfo di Cambio (c. 1245–1302) 40, 54, (monument to) 226; (burial place of) 189 67, 92, 95, 218 Bartolomeo di Giovanni (active 1488–1501) Arringatore 192 175, 184, 185 Arrotino 127 Bartolomeo, Fra’ (1472–1517) 132, 165, 168, Art Nouveau Houses 348 170, 254 Aspetti, Tiziano (1565–1607) 197 Batoni, Pompeo (1708–87) 259 Attavante degli Attavanti (1452–c. 1525) 151 Bazzani, Cesare (1873–1939) 346 Aulenti, Gae (1927–2012) 215 Beccafumi, Domenico (1485–1551) 155, 231 Baburen, Dirck van (c. 1595–1624) 79 Beccai, guild (tabernacle of) 101; Baccani, Gaetano (1792–1867) 81, 218, 345, (headquarters of) 102 350 Beccaria, Cesare 82 Baccio d’Agnolo (Bartolomeo Baglioni; Bellano, Bartolomeo (late 15C) 148 1462–1543) 48, 54, 75, 170, 181, 195, 199, Belli, Valerio (c. 1468–1546) 264 210, 241, 290, 291, 302, 310, 336, 341, 344, Bellini, Giovanni (c. 1433–1516) 128, 304 351, 352, 354 Bellosguardo 336 Baccio da Montelupo (1469–1535) 98, 101, Benci di Cione (d. 1388) 39, 87, 100 149, 165, 168, 353 Benedetto da Maiano (1442–97) 46, 48, 56, Bachiacca, Il (Francesco Ubertini; 58, 78, 79, 84, 93, 198, 199, 209, 224, 227, 1494–1597) 273 293, 302, 319 Baciocchi, Elisa 20, 259, 307 Benedetto da Rovezzano (1474–1552) 95, Badia Fiesolana 323 174, 175, 303 Badia Fiorentina 94 Benedict, St, fresco cycle of 96 Baellieur, Cornelis de (17C) 257 Benvenuti, Pietro (1769–1844) 152, 249 Balatri, Andrea (17C) 323 Berardi, Piero (1904–89) 215 Baldovinetti, Alesso (1425–99) 130, 173, 176, Berenson 328 186, 197, 227, 237, 296, 312, 313 Berenson, Bernard 21, 123, 286, 303, 328; (I 414 Blue Guide Florence Tatti) 327 Borgo Santi Apostoli 302 Bergognone (Ambrogio da Fossano; fl. Borgognone, Il (Jacques Courtois; 1621–76) 1480–1522) 327 257 Bernini, Gian Lorenzo (1598–1680) 93 Boschi, Fabrizio (c. 1550–1642) 203 Berruguete, Alonso (c. 1488–1561) 50 Boscoli, Andrea (c. 1560–1607) 237 Berti, Antonio (1904–90) 225 Botanical Garden 171 Berti, Giorgio (19C) 292 Botticelli (Alessandro Filipepi; 1445–1510) Bertoldo di Giovanni (c. 1440–91) 90, 148, 30, 32, 122–5, 124, 126, 166, 176, 184, 208, 157, 160, 353 250, 304, 305, 328, 332; (burial place of) Betti, Sigismondo (1696–c. 1777) 341 306 Betto di Francesco Betti (15C) 77 Botticini, Francesco (1446–97) 126, 147, Bezzuoli, Giuseppe (1784–1855) 228, 232, 168, 284 259, 268, 354; (monument to) 313 Bouts, Dirk (d. 1475) 91 Bianchi, Gaetano (1819–92) 221, 330, 333 Brancacci Chapel 29–30, 286 Biblioteca degli Uffizi 346 Bravo, Cecco (1616–56) 235, 261, 340 Biblioteca della Toscana ‘Pietro Leopoldo’ Bril, Paul (1554–1626) 136 346 Brina, Francesco (c. 1540–86) 174 Biblioteca delle Oblate 346 British Institute 291 Biblioteca Laurenziana 34, 150 Bronzino (Agnolo di Cosimo di Mariano; Biblioteca Marucelliana 345 1503–72) 43, 46, 48, 50, 102, 133, 137–8, Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale 346 149, 188, 211, 223, 226, 235, 254, 291, 332; Biblioteca Riccardiana 346 (self-portrait) 226 Biblioteca Vieusseux 200 Browning, Elizabeth Barrett 200, 279, 280; Bicci di Lorenzo (1373–1452) 198, 275, 297, (tomb of) 357 318, 341, 342, 343 Browning, Robert 181, 200, 279, 280, 357 Bigallo, Confraternity of 80 Brueghel, Jan (1568–1625) 136 Bilivelt, Jacques (d. 1603) 263, 264 Brueghel, Peter the Younger (1564–1638; Bilivert, Giovanni (1585–1644) 140, 203, brother of Jan) 155 225, 344 Brunelleschi, Filippo (1377–1446) 31, 101, Birth of Venus 123, 332 181, 208, 229, 230, 242, 291, 321, 342; Bloemen, Jan Frans van (1662–1749) 297 (Duomo dome) 54, 59–60, 74; (Baptistery Boboli Gardens 265ff doors) 89; (Crucifix) 210; (Innocenti) 182, Boccaccio, Giovanni 13, 110, 210, 327, 345 183; (Pazzi Chapel) 227; (San Lorenzo) Bodley, George Frederick (1827–1907) 339 143, 145; (Santo Spirito) 282; (perspective Boldini, Giovanni (1842–1931) 259 experiment) 66; (portrait medallion) 58, Bonechi, Matteo (1672–c. 1750) 289, 306 66; (death mask) 75; (tomb of) 59 Boninsegni, Alfonso (1910–94) 150 Bruni, Leonardo 14, 206, 225 Bonsignori, Stefano (16C) 42, 49 Buggiano (Antonio Cavalcanti; 1412–62) 58, Borghini, Vincenzo 44, 46, 56, 182 75, 147, 208 Borgo Allegri 238 Bugiardini, Giuliano (1476–1555) 175, 209, Borgo degli Albizi 239 234 Borgo Pinti 240 Buglioni, Benedetto (1461–1521) 92, 95, Borgo San Frediano 289 293, 305 Borgo San Jacopo 278 Buglioni, Santi (1494–1576) 47, 151, 189, 273 Index 415 Buonarroti family 233 Carpaccio, Vittore (c. 1460–1525/6) 129 Buonarroti, Lionardo 177, 224, 233 Carrà, Carlo (1881–1966) 214 Buonarroti, Michelangelo (see Carradori, Francesco (1747–1824) 250 Michelangelo) Carrand, Louis 91 Buonarroti, Michelangelo the Younger 233, Casa Buonarroti 233 234, 268 Casa Guidi 279 Buonomini di San Martino, Confraternity Casa Siviero 297 79, 110 Casa Vasari 349 Buontalenti, Bernardo (1531–1608) 112, 196, Casa Zuccari 349 211, 241, 257, 264, 265, 274, 278, 282, 324, Cascine park 307 335, 343, 345, 350, 352; (Tribuna) 127 Casina di Livia 160 Burckhardt, Jacob 9 Casino Mediceo 352 Buti, Lodovico (c. 1560–1603) 323 Casorati, Felice (1886–1963) 214 Butteri, Giovanni Maria (1540–1606) 339 Cassana, Niccolò (1659–1713) 254 Byron, Lord 128 Cassioli, Giuseppe (1865–1942) 225 Caccini, Giovanni Battista (d. 1613) 116, 117, Castagnoli, Giuseppe (1754–1832) 249 136, 185, 196, 198, 239, 270, 272, 282, 303, Castellani family 298 323, 342 Castello di Vincigliata 327 Cacialli, Giuseppe (1770–1828) 251, 354, Castellucci, Giuseppe (1863–1939) 109 355 Catani, Luigi (1762–1840) 241, 258, 354 Cagli, Corrado (1910–76) 214 Cattaneo, Danese (c. 1509–73) 94 Calcagni, Tiberio (1532–65) 34, 72, 85 Cavour, Camillo 20 Calcio Storico Fiorentino 379 Cecco del Caravaggio (Francesco Bonieri; Calimala, guild 12, 62, 77, 99, 103, 311; 17C) 140 (tabernacle of) 100; (headquarters of) 103 Cellini, Benvenuto (1500–71) 38, 50, 86–87, Calza, convent of 338 92, 94, 151, 178; (Perseus) 37, 39, 39; (burial Cambi, Ulisse (1807–95) 229 place of) 189 Cambio, guild 12, 99 (tabernacle) 101 Cemeteries Cambray Digny, Luigi (1778–1843) 354 English 357 Camerata dei Bardi 177, 230 Evangelico degli Allori 357 Campanile 61; (reliefs from) 72, 75 Jewish 238 Canova, Antonio (1757–1822) 239, 256, 259 Porte Sante 357 Campigli, Massimo (1895–1971) 214 Cenacoli (see Last Suppers) Cantagalli, Ulisse (1839–1901) 333, 339 Cencio della Nera (16C) 94 Capezzuoli, Giovanni Battista (fl. 1760–77) Cenni di Francesco (fl. 1395–1415) 319 271, 272 Cenni, Cosimo (early 17C) 85 Cappella del Santo Sepolcro 202 Cerchi family 111 Cappello, Bianca 42, 279 Certosa del Galluzzo 337 Capponi family 293, 294 Chaplin, Elisabeth (1890–1982) 260 Capucci, Roberto 275 Chardin, Jean-Siméon (1699–1779) 136 Caradosso (Cristoforo Foppa; c.
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