ITALIAN GARDENS OF THE RENAISSANCE 



Capponi's words express what we all feel when we 

 look on this masterpiece of Renaissance sculpture. 

 Were it not for this effigy, Guidarello's name would 

 be unknown to-day, and his great deeds would have 

 been forgotten long ago. Even Sanudo's chronicles 

 and the Venetian poet's elegies could hardly have 

 saved the hero's fame from oblivion. But the love 

 of Benedetta and the skill of Lombardi's chisel have 

 combined to keep his memory green, and to make 

 his name immortal. 



" Tout passe. L'art robuste 

 Seul a Peternite. Le buste 

 Survit a la cite." 



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