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POLLAIUOLO
then in the city, to send in a model for the Monument.
This model they found “ more beautiful and more
artistically worthy ” than that of Verrocchio. Both
were sent to Lorenzo de’ Medici to decide as to their
respective merits, and his judgment was in favour of
Verrocchio. Piero received several commissions in-
dependently of Antonio from the Signoria, but never,
as far as is known, worked for the Duomo. In 1478 he
was ordered to paint the Altar-piece for the Chapel of
S. Bernardo in the Palazzo dei Priori, but, for some
reason that does not transpire, the commission was eight
days later taken from him and given to Leonardo, who
however left the work unfinished.* In 1482 he had to
paint the facade of a wall-fountain in the hall of the
same Palace (Doc. XVII. p. 273). In 1483 he painted
at the commission of Domenico Strambi the Altarpiece
for the Church of S. Agostino, S. Gimignano. He
accompanied his brother to Rome to aid him in the
Tombs of the Popes, and the last record we have of him
is in the testament of Antonio above quoted. The
exact date of his death is not known, but it was
probably in 1496.
* See Milanesi, “ Document! inediti risguardanti Leonardo da
Vinci,” Firenze, 1872.
POLLAIUOLO
then in the city, to send in a model for the Monument.
This model they found “ more beautiful and more
artistically worthy ” than that of Verrocchio. Both
were sent to Lorenzo de’ Medici to decide as to their
respective merits, and his judgment was in favour of
Verrocchio. Piero received several commissions in-
dependently of Antonio from the Signoria, but never,
as far as is known, worked for the Duomo. In 1478 he
was ordered to paint the Altar-piece for the Chapel of
S. Bernardo in the Palazzo dei Priori, but, for some
reason that does not transpire, the commission was eight
days later taken from him and given to Leonardo, who
however left the work unfinished.* In 1482 he had to
paint the facade of a wall-fountain in the hall of the
same Palace (Doc. XVII. p. 273). In 1483 he painted
at the commission of Domenico Strambi the Altarpiece
for the Church of S. Agostino, S. Gimignano. He
accompanied his brother to Rome to aid him in the
Tombs of the Popes, and the last record we have of him
is in the testament of Antonio above quoted. The
exact date of his death is not known, but it was
probably in 1496.
* See Milanesi, “ Document! inediti risguardanti Leonardo da
Vinci,” Firenze, 1872.