Art, Symbol & Imagination
The Goslings of Florence
Fashionably dressed women gather on steps beside a crowded waterfront. Two plainly dressed men approach from the lower edge of the scene. The surrounding Fourth Day introduction recounts the sheltered youth whose father calls the women goslings, only to awaken his son’s interest further.
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Louis Chalon. "The Goslings of Florence" [editorial title]. In The Decameron, Volume I, Giovanni Boccaccio; translated by J. M. Rigg; illustrated by Louis Chalon. Volume I; translated by J. M. Rigg, illustrated by Louis Chalon; privately printed, London; undated title., undated edition, Privately printed. Source scan leaf 295. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0261-0288
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Louis Chalon. The Goslings of Florence. The Decameron, Volume I. Scan leaf 295. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0261-0288