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Quotation from Lives of the Most Eminent Painters, Sculptors and Architects (Volume 1) by Giorgio Vasari
“he passed to the other life in the year 1300, having little less than resurrected painting.”
Lives of the Most Eminent Painters, Sculptors and Architects (Volume 1), Life of Giovanni Cimabue, trans. Gaston du C. de Vere
Vasari's summing up of Cimabue's achievement at his death.
Citation: "he passed to the other life in the year 1300, having little less than resurrected painting." — Giorgio Vasari, Lives of the Most Eminent Painters, Sculptors and Architects (Volume 1), Life of Giovanni Cimabue, trans. Gaston du C. de Vere. (id vasari-lives-of-the-artists-q3)
Portrait: Zucchi, Jacopo - Vasari, Giorgio - Uffizi ICCD, Attributed to Jacopo Zucchi, Public domain.
