Note 161 — Chapter XII

Complete edition by Gaetano and Carlo Milanese, Il Libro dell’arte o Trattato della Pittura (Flor. 1859). There is a German translation, Das Buch von der Kunst, &c., by Albert Ilg (Vienna, 1871). The general supposition, from Baldinucci down to Tambroni, the first editor of the treatise (Rome, 1821), viz., that Cennini wrote it in 1437 in the Stinche prison, is derived from a gloss to the Laurentian MS. which proceeds from the copyist instead of referring to the author. The same postil gave rise to the statement that a fresco in Giotto’s style, representing the driving out of the Duke of Athens, and brought to light at the demolition of the prison, was painted by Cennini. (Fr. Bacchi, Illustratore Fiorentino, pt. v., Flor. 1839).