Intarsia and marquetry by Jackson F. Hamilton (Frederick Hamilton) 1848-1923

Author:Jackson, F. Hamilton (Frederick Hamilton), 1848-1923
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
Tags: Marquetry
Publisher: London : Sands
Published: 1903-03-25T05:00:00+00:00

T2 HISTORICAL NOTES

and joking into the cell, and Era Damiano, to show them that his tarsie were not painted with a brush took a little plane and passed it over a panel with some force, showing how the colours, after that treatment, still retained their integrity and beauty. And then he gave the Emperor a most beautiful piece of the Crufixion, and another to the Duke of Ferrara, who valued it greatly. Locatelli gives some conversations between Fra Damiano and his assistant Zanetto, which must have preceded this visit, which are worth recording for their racy expression, according well with his reported action. "If it were in my power I would nail up this door for Charles and for all the dukes of the world. This art which I exercise is exceeding dear to me, and I hate to have to do with these signori who manage things after their own fashion; and sad it is for those who have to endure it. I respect His Majesty the Emperor, and hold him to be a great man, but the fate of Rome sticks in my throat. That other, too, who accompanies him—" " Who ? " interrupted Zanetto, " the Pope?" "Oh, rubbish; the Pope! The Duke of Ferrara. With him I have a special account, and he must not come here." He also adds the detail that Fra Damiano had no money with him, and had to go about begging for wherewithal to pay the duke's dues till he blushed.

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