Filippo Baldinucci

Italian art historian (1625-1697)

Filippo Baldinucci (3 June 1625 – 1 January 1697) was an Italian art historian and biographer.

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  • A chi vuol dar buon giudizio del suono, bisogna il sentire l’una campana, e l’altra.
    • La Veglia. (Ed. Milan, 1812. Opere, Vol. XIV., p. 213).
    • Translation: He who would form a correct judgment of their tone, must hear first one bell and then the other.
    • Translation reported in Harbottle's Dictionary of quotations French and Italian (1904), p. 241.
  • Chi alloggia alia prima osteria in ch’ ei avviene, trova ben spesso la mala notte.
    • La Veglia. (Ed. Milan, 1812. Opere, Vol. XIV., p. 223).
    • Translation: He who puts up at the first inn he comes across, very often passes a bad night.
    • Translation reported in Harbottle's Dictionary of quotations French and Italian (1904), p. 261.

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