"So we're off to see Bellini!" "No, Cellini!" "No! Bellini! -
and I must get some zucchini, for I've not got much for lunch..."
"And we must see Donatello - there's a fellow, Donatello!"
"...I suppose it's not important, we've prosciutto at a crunch..."
"Botticelli?" "Signorelli!" "Bandinelli?" "And THE MAN!"
"Pisanello?" "And Ucello!" "Rafaello?" "If we can...!"
"Verocchio?" "Pinocchio!" "Masaccio?" "And the rest...!"
"Lippi - Dad and Lad?" "Of course!" "Michelangelo's the best...."
"I vote della Francesca!....Or Mantegna....or Andrea...."
"Caravaggio?" "Corregio!" "Giotto...when at prayer...?"
"Bronzino!" "Perugino!" "Sansovino....and Sansetta....?"
"Vasari!" "Veronese!" "Tintoretto!" "Oh, that's better.......!"
"Pontormo?....then there's Titian....?" "Brunelleschi and Ghiberti?"
"We'd better get a move on, the train leaves at 10.30......."

Philip Henderson
Philip owns Il Mulino dell'Opera, a pretty villa outside Lucca that he shares with guests.

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