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50 BARTOLOMEO MONTAGNA
gether with these works we may count the frescoes
in the Cappella Proto, the fifth to the right, in the
Cathedral of Vicenza. They were executed in fulfil-
ment of the will of Giampietro de’ Proti, a distinguished
citizen of Vicenza, who died in 1412 after a brilliant
career as a statesman. He bequeathed on March 12
of the said year the sum of four hundred golden ducats
for the construction of a chapel in the Cathedral
and for its adornment with ‘ beautiful pictures.’
It was, moreover, appointed by him that the altars of
St. James the Greater and St. Anthony, founded in
the same church by his father and uncle respectively,
and the funds of which he augmented, should be
transferred to the new chapel.1 The frescoes in it
were, however, only executed about a century after
the death of Giampietro. The painting on the right
wall (now detached) shows the Virgin and St. Joseph
kneeling on either side of the Infant Christ, who is
sitting on the ground, looking at the spectator. His
mother joins her hands in prayer ; St. Joseph lifts
his hands, beholding the holy Child with a tender
expression. At some distance are seen, likewise kneel-
ing, to the left St. Peter, to the right a beautiful
young man, probably the other saint, whose name
Giampietro bore—John the Evangelist. The simply,
red, bluish green mantle with purple lining and violet kerchief; St.
Simeon in dark red mantle ; St. Joseph in bluish green tunic and yellow
mantle ; the donor in black. The architecture is decorated with gold.
Signed on a cartellino, below in the centre :
OPVS BARTOLAMEV | MONTAGNA.
On canvas. 1.95 X 1.62. On the frame, below to the left, the Velo
arms. Mentioned as being, in San Bartolomeo by Ridolfi (op. cit. i.
140 sqi), Boschini (op. cit. p. 90 sqi) and Mosca (op. cit. i. 5); the two
latter state its place to be above the second altar to the right. Crowe
and Cavalcaselle, A History of Painting in North Italy, i. 432. Ph.
Alinari.
1 Cf. [Magrini], Notizie del Cav. Giampietro de Proti, -passim.
gether with these works we may count the frescoes
in the Cappella Proto, the fifth to the right, in the
Cathedral of Vicenza. They were executed in fulfil-
ment of the will of Giampietro de’ Proti, a distinguished
citizen of Vicenza, who died in 1412 after a brilliant
career as a statesman. He bequeathed on March 12
of the said year the sum of four hundred golden ducats
for the construction of a chapel in the Cathedral
and for its adornment with ‘ beautiful pictures.’
It was, moreover, appointed by him that the altars of
St. James the Greater and St. Anthony, founded in
the same church by his father and uncle respectively,
and the funds of which he augmented, should be
transferred to the new chapel.1 The frescoes in it
were, however, only executed about a century after
the death of Giampietro. The painting on the right
wall (now detached) shows the Virgin and St. Joseph
kneeling on either side of the Infant Christ, who is
sitting on the ground, looking at the spectator. His
mother joins her hands in prayer ; St. Joseph lifts
his hands, beholding the holy Child with a tender
expression. At some distance are seen, likewise kneel-
ing, to the left St. Peter, to the right a beautiful
young man, probably the other saint, whose name
Giampietro bore—John the Evangelist. The simply,
red, bluish green mantle with purple lining and violet kerchief; St.
Simeon in dark red mantle ; St. Joseph in bluish green tunic and yellow
mantle ; the donor in black. The architecture is decorated with gold.
Signed on a cartellino, below in the centre :
OPVS BARTOLAMEV | MONTAGNA.
On canvas. 1.95 X 1.62. On the frame, below to the left, the Velo
arms. Mentioned as being, in San Bartolomeo by Ridolfi (op. cit. i.
140 sqi), Boschini (op. cit. p. 90 sqi) and Mosca (op. cit. i. 5); the two
latter state its place to be above the second altar to the right. Crowe
and Cavalcaselle, A History of Painting in North Italy, i. 432. Ph.
Alinari.
1 Cf. [Magrini], Notizie del Cav. Giampietro de Proti, -passim.