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Quotation from Lives of the Most Eminent Painters, Sculptors and Architects (Volume 1) by Giorgio Vasari
“painted a fly on the nose of a figure that Cimabue himself had made, so true to nature that his master, returning to continue the work, set himself more than once to drive it away with his hand”
Lives of the Most Eminent Painters, Sculptors and Architects (Volume 1), Life of Giotto, trans. Gaston du C. de Vere
A story of Giotto's boyhood in Cimabue's workshop, told as it is said.
Citation: "painted a fly on the nose of a figure that Cimabue himself had made, so true to nature that his master, returning to continue the work, set himself more than once to drive it away with his hand" — 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-q7)
Portrait: Zucchi, Jacopo - Vasari, Giorgio - Uffizi ICCD, Attributed to Jacopo Zucchi, Public domain.
