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I have renewed my acquaintance with some earlier friends at the Uffizi and Bargello in Florence - and at Santa Maria Frari and at San Zaccaria in Venice- [[underline]] The [[/underline]] little marble portrait of Tuscany and [[underline]] the [[/underline]] Madonna of Bellini remain my favorites still of the Renaissance - Of course, in a [[strikethrough]] brade [[/strikethrough]] broader fuller sense Raphaels and Botticellis work equal and perhaps excell my little friends.
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