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Oiovanni as if Ke kad kad a presentiment of tire position tire ckild
was to attain, baptised kirn Bapkael, a name wkick kad no precedent in
tke iamil/. ZfccordinA to Vasari, Oiovanni did not allow B.apkael to
kave a wet nurse, ns Ke wisked tke rnotker kerself to nurse tke ckild.
Ike " Nadonna" vvkick Oiovanni painted on fresco in tke court of
kis garden seems to Ke anotker proof of kis extreme tenderness for lVla^ia
and ffg.pk3.el. Ike Virgin's prokle Kus an indescribable ckarm; tke
expression is evidently taken from nature. Ikere is no doukt tkat tke
artist must kave kad some one ver/ dear to Kim in kis mind, and it is
ver/ prokakle tkat wkilst making an offering to tke Virgin Ke desired at
tke same time to perpetuate tke features of kis wife.
blotkinZ is known of tke earl/ /ears of tke ckildkood of Bapkael, kut
tke affection of Oiovanni and lVla^ia must kave centred more exciusivel/
on Kim from tkeir kavin§ lost anotker ckild, Leptember 20, 1485. Ikis
deatk was preceded k/ tkat of Oiovanni's fatker, tke old Zante, so
devoted to tke welfare of tke kouse. In tke convent Lan Oirolamo, Ke
kad made a will, k/ wkick, Oiovanni as residuar/ legatee, became tke
proprietor of tke kouse in tke Ltrada del lVlonte, and of some land.
Io kis otker ckildren Lante left tke following legacies :
Io Bartolomeo Lanti, wko kad entered tke ckurck and wko was at a
later time dean of tke diocese of Lan Donato, a small ksld and sevent/
Korins;
Do Nar§kerita, married to ZVntonio di Bartolomeo Va§nini, 100
Korins as dowr/.
Nar^kerita was tke motker of Oirolamo Va§nini, wko afterwards,
wken ckaplain of tke ckapel, founded k/ Bapkael in tke Bantkeon,
placed an inscription in remembrance of lVlaria DovDia da Bibiena, tke
afkanced bride of Bapkael, opposite to tke inscription of tke §reat
painter.
Lanta, witk tke same dowr/ as Ker sister Nar^kerita, was married to
tke master tailor Bartolomeo di Narino. But, kavin§ become a widow
in 1490, ske returned to live witk Ker brotker Oiovanni, witkout, kow-
ever bein§ a burden on Kim, for ske kad preserved all tke fortune of Ker
kusband.
W will now see wkat were tke works executed b/ Oiovanni at
Orbino, and in tke nei§kbourkood, tke greater part of wkick, kowever,
as we kave alread/ said, no longer exist.
One of tke oldest pictures b/ Kim, is tke altar-piece tkat Ke painted
Oiovanni as if Ke kad kad a presentiment of tire position tire ckild
was to attain, baptised kirn Bapkael, a name wkick kad no precedent in
tke iamil/. ZfccordinA to Vasari, Oiovanni did not allow B.apkael to
kave a wet nurse, ns Ke wisked tke rnotker kerself to nurse tke ckild.
Ike " Nadonna" vvkick Oiovanni painted on fresco in tke court of
kis garden seems to Ke anotker proof of kis extreme tenderness for lVla^ia
and ffg.pk3.el. Ike Virgin's prokle Kus an indescribable ckarm; tke
expression is evidently taken from nature. Ikere is no doukt tkat tke
artist must kave kad some one ver/ dear to Kim in kis mind, and it is
ver/ prokakle tkat wkilst making an offering to tke Virgin Ke desired at
tke same time to perpetuate tke features of kis wife.
blotkinZ is known of tke earl/ /ears of tke ckildkood of Bapkael, kut
tke affection of Oiovanni and lVla^ia must kave centred more exciusivel/
on Kim from tkeir kavin§ lost anotker ckild, Leptember 20, 1485. Ikis
deatk was preceded k/ tkat of Oiovanni's fatker, tke old Zante, so
devoted to tke welfare of tke kouse. In tke convent Lan Oirolamo, Ke
kad made a will, k/ wkick, Oiovanni as residuar/ legatee, became tke
proprietor of tke kouse in tke Ltrada del lVlonte, and of some land.
Io kis otker ckildren Lante left tke following legacies :
Io Bartolomeo Lanti, wko kad entered tke ckurck and wko was at a
later time dean of tke diocese of Lan Donato, a small ksld and sevent/
Korins;
Do Nar§kerita, married to ZVntonio di Bartolomeo Va§nini, 100
Korins as dowr/.
Nar^kerita was tke motker of Oirolamo Va§nini, wko afterwards,
wken ckaplain of tke ckapel, founded k/ Bapkael in tke Bantkeon,
placed an inscription in remembrance of lVlaria DovDia da Bibiena, tke
afkanced bride of Bapkael, opposite to tke inscription of tke §reat
painter.
Lanta, witk tke same dowr/ as Ker sister Nar^kerita, was married to
tke master tailor Bartolomeo di Narino. But, kavin§ become a widow
in 1490, ske returned to live witk Ker brotker Oiovanni, witkout, kow-
ever bein§ a burden on Kim, for ske kad preserved all tke fortune of Ker
kusband.
W will now see wkat were tke works executed b/ Oiovanni at
Orbino, and in tke nei§kbourkood, tke greater part of wkick, kowever,
as we kave alread/ said, no longer exist.
One of tke oldest pictures b/ Kim, is tke altar-piece tkat Ke painted