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Quotation from Lives of the Most Eminent Painters, Sculptors and Architects (Volume 1) by Giorgio Vasari
“with a turn of the hand he made a circle, so true in proportion and circumference that to behold it was a marvel.”
Lives of the Most Eminent Painters, Sculptors and Architects (Volume 1), Life of Giotto, trans. Gaston du C. de Vere
Giotto's answer to the pope's envoy, who asked for a sample drawing.
Citation: "with a turn of the hand he made a circle, so true in proportion and circumference that to behold it was a marvel." — Giorgio Vasari, Lives of the Most Eminent Painters, Sculptors and Architects (Volume 1), Life of Giotto, trans. Gaston du C. de Vere. (id vasari-lives-of-the-artists-q6)
Virtues: Humility
Portrait: Zucchi, Jacopo - Vasari, Giorgio - Uffizi ICCD, Attributed to Jacopo Zucchi, Public domain.
