_Masolino-Masaccio._ The summary in _C. & C._ (Douglas) Vol. IV;
(Hutton), Vol. II, reasonably brings the controversy up to date. The
latest review is by Dr. Richard Offner, _Art in America_, Vol. VIII,
pp. 68–76, _A St. Jerome by Masolino_. Dr. Offner, in _Dedalo_, Mar.,
1923, publishes a fine St. Julian, by Masolino, which reveals in a new
light that artist’s romantic temperamentalism. Mr. Berenson, l. c.,
publishes a predella piece for the same panel.
The large album of plates accompanying August H. Schmarsow’s
_Masaccio, der Begründer des Klassischen Stils_ &c. Kassel, 1900, is
indispensable to the serious student. It is available in the great
libraries. Cuts of all the works involved in the controversy are more
readily attainable in P. Toesca’s _Masolino da Panicale_, Bergamo,
1908, and in Venturi, _Storia_, Vol. VII, pt. I.
Footnote 32:
The rider with his back turned at the left of the fresco of the
Calvary has a rondel protecting the nape of his neck. It is a
short-lived and unsuccessful invention which was not used before
1435–40. This information, which I owe to Dr. Bashford Dean of the
Metropolitan Museum, dates the Calvary well after Masaccio’s death,
and, inferentially, all the other frescoes in the same chapel.
Footnote 33:
_Cassoni_ and other Furniture Panels. The standard work is by Paul
Schubring, _Cassoni_ &c. Leipzig, 1915.
Many of the examples in American Collections have been published and
discussed by William Rankin and myself in the _Burlington Magazine_,
Vol. VIII, IX. See also a popular sketch by me in _Arts and
Decoration_, Dec. ’05. The furnishing and decoration of a patrician
Florentine house in the 15th century is learnedly and delightfully
treated by A. Schiaparelli, _La Casa fiorentina_ &c., Florence, 1908.
Footnote 34:
See my article in _Art in America_, Vol. VIII, p. 154, and in _Arts
and Decoration_, Note 6, above.
Footnote 35:
_Masaccio_, bibliography in Note 4 above.
In essentials the view and chronology of Masaccio’s works here given
differs from Cavalcaselle’s only in relegating the frescoes in S.
Clemente to Masolino and their proper date in the late 30s or early
40s. In this I have been partially anticipated by Pietro Toesca,
_Masolino da Panicale_, Bergamo, 1908.
The reader may justly wish me to commit myself on this most disputed
question to the extent of a list. I give it in a tentative
chronological order assuming that Masaccio may have begun to work as
early as 1420.
_Early Works under Masolino’s influence_:
Madonna and Saints (fresco). Shrine at Montemarciano near S. Giovanni.
Pietà (fresco). Cathedral, Empoli.
Miracle of healing by Christ (ruined by repainting). John C. Johnson
Coll., Philadelphia.
Madonna and St. Ann. Uffizi, Florence.
Adam and Eve Tempted (fresco). Brancacci Chapel.
Resuscitation of Tabitha (fresco). Brancacci Chapel.
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