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POLLAIUOLO
The first of the panels executed by him was the Charity,
which probably occupied the central position. This is
mentioned as being already completed by December of
the same year.
The importance of the work seems to have roused the
jealousy of the Florentine painters, and several applied
for a share in the commission. This competition neces-
sitated a fresh deliberation of the Council, which took
place December 18, 1469. The Six Commissioners,
having listened to what Piero had to say (probably with
regard to payment), and having discussed the question
among themselves, put it to the vote with black and
white beans, and decided to renew the commission to
Piero, who thereupon received the ordei’ to complete
the remaining six figures for the price of twenty broad
florins each. The document recording this deliberation
mentions a design for one of them already executed by
Verrocchio, which was rejected in favour of Piero's.
From an entry made three days later (December 21,
1469) we learn that Verrocchio’s rejected design was
for the Faith, and that he received for it eight small
lire. Of this drawing more will be said later.
The name of Antonio is mentioned twice in the
documents, but in no way as the superior of Piero, who
received the commission as an independent Master. In
one it occurs as standing guarantee for a certain sum of
money, in the other as being present and offering his
opinion in the second deliberation of the Council.
Later, at the intervention of Tomaso Soderini,
Botticelli succeeded in obtaining the commission to
POLLAIUOLO
The first of the panels executed by him was the Charity,
which probably occupied the central position. This is
mentioned as being already completed by December of
the same year.
The importance of the work seems to have roused the
jealousy of the Florentine painters, and several applied
for a share in the commission. This competition neces-
sitated a fresh deliberation of the Council, which took
place December 18, 1469. The Six Commissioners,
having listened to what Piero had to say (probably with
regard to payment), and having discussed the question
among themselves, put it to the vote with black and
white beans, and decided to renew the commission to
Piero, who thereupon received the ordei’ to complete
the remaining six figures for the price of twenty broad
florins each. The document recording this deliberation
mentions a design for one of them already executed by
Verrocchio, which was rejected in favour of Piero's.
From an entry made three days later (December 21,
1469) we learn that Verrocchio’s rejected design was
for the Faith, and that he received for it eight small
lire. Of this drawing more will be said later.
The name of Antonio is mentioned twice in the
documents, but in no way as the superior of Piero, who
received the commission as an independent Master. In
one it occurs as standing guarantee for a certain sum of
money, in the other as being present and offering his
opinion in the second deliberation of the Council.
Later, at the intervention of Tomaso Soderini,
Botticelli succeeded in obtaining the commission to