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pictures of Oiovanni, tdat dis cdildren's deads dave, in t^pe and expres-
sion, a striding analog witd tde more perfect and life-lide ones tdat we
admire in tde words of R.apdael.
Io tde ri§dt of tde Virgin, before Lt. Jerome and Lt. Z^nton^, wdo
are standing, is tde Oount Oliva on dis dnees, covered witd steel
armour; we cannot delp seeing tdat tdis 6ns 6§ure is a portrait. Ledind
tde saints are two angels; bedind tde marble balustrade of tde tdrone,
we catcd a glimpse of eiZdt angels pla)NNA music, Oastl/, six deads of
cderubim doverin§ above, complete tde composition.
Ide following inscription is traced on a strip -of parcdment at tde
bottom of tde picture-
Oz.ItOI.V8 OI.IVV8 (nd) 00NL8 VIV^: Vliroixi Z.0 HLI.icZVI8
OLI-L81'ILV8 . 50Z.XX1: 8Z.X010 riciokL VLVIOZ.VII'.
Mcccci.xxxviin.
In tdis same ^sar, 1489, Oiovanni also completed tde §reat altar-
piece for tde cdapel of tde Luid family, in tde cdurcd of tde ldranciscans
at Orbino. Idis is also of a Virgin seated on tde tdrone, bearing tde
infant ^sesus, wdo is §ivin§ a blessing. On one side is Lt. ddancis,
Ioodin§ at ^esus, and Lt. ^odn tde Laptist pointing to dim; on tde otder
side, near Lt. Lebastian and Lt. Jerome, are tde Lu6i family, tde dus-
bancl, wife, ancl cdilcl dneelin§ in prater witd claspecl dands. Wbove is
tde Wlmi§dt^ and two little angels, wdo dold a crown over tde deacl of
tde Virgin.
Iwo pictures, wdicd were formerly placeci beside tdis Nadonna—tde
Wrcdan^el Hapdael leading tde ^oun§ lobit, and a Lt. R.ocd, botd ver^
dne ancl expressive words, are now placeci at tde entrance to tde cdoir.
'We sdould remember tdat Oiovanni also paintecl portraits. We onl^
dnow two, dowsver. One, at tde Oolonna palace at lk.ome, is tdou^dt to
represent tde ^oun§ Dude Ouidubaldo wden about twelve ^ears of a§e.
It is in prodle, and tde dead is covered witd a cap adorned witd a pre-
cious stone and a lar§e pearl; dis princely costume is completed b^ a
§old cdain dan§in§ from dis breast, d'de otder, also in prodle, belongs
to N. Oennistoun. dVt tde bottom of tde picture an inscription informs
us tdat it was tde portrait of R apdael wden six vears of a§e, painted b)r
dis fatder. Lut tde fair dair, tde ricd clotdin§, and tde suspicious
cdaracter of tde inscription awaden doubts as to tdis fact.
'Wdilst Oiovanni was accomplisdinZ so man;/ undertadin^s, man)/
events dad taden place in tde princely family of Orbino. Ids Duds
pictures of Oiovanni, tdat dis cdildren's deads dave, in t^pe and expres-
sion, a striding analog witd tde more perfect and life-lide ones tdat we
admire in tde words of R.apdael.
Io tde ri§dt of tde Virgin, before Lt. Jerome and Lt. Z^nton^, wdo
are standing, is tde Oount Oliva on dis dnees, covered witd steel
armour; we cannot delp seeing tdat tdis 6ns 6§ure is a portrait. Ledind
tde saints are two angels; bedind tde marble balustrade of tde tdrone,
we catcd a glimpse of eiZdt angels pla)NNA music, Oastl/, six deads of
cderubim doverin§ above, complete tde composition.
Ide following inscription is traced on a strip -of parcdment at tde
bottom of tde picture-
Oz.ItOI.V8 OI.IVV8 (nd) 00NL8 VIV^: Vliroixi Z.0 HLI.icZVI8
OLI-L81'ILV8 . 50Z.XX1: 8Z.X010 riciokL VLVIOZ.VII'.
Mcccci.xxxviin.
In tdis same ^sar, 1489, Oiovanni also completed tde §reat altar-
piece for tde cdapel of tde Luid family, in tde cdurcd of tde ldranciscans
at Orbino. Idis is also of a Virgin seated on tde tdrone, bearing tde
infant ^sesus, wdo is §ivin§ a blessing. On one side is Lt. ddancis,
Ioodin§ at ^esus, and Lt. ^odn tde Laptist pointing to dim; on tde otder
side, near Lt. Lebastian and Lt. Jerome, are tde Lu6i family, tde dus-
bancl, wife, ancl cdilcl dneelin§ in prater witd claspecl dands. Wbove is
tde Wlmi§dt^ and two little angels, wdo dold a crown over tde deacl of
tde Virgin.
Iwo pictures, wdicd were formerly placeci beside tdis Nadonna—tde
Wrcdan^el Hapdael leading tde ^oun§ lobit, and a Lt. R.ocd, botd ver^
dne ancl expressive words, are now placeci at tde entrance to tde cdoir.
'We sdould remember tdat Oiovanni also paintecl portraits. We onl^
dnow two, dowsver. One, at tde Oolonna palace at lk.ome, is tdou^dt to
represent tde ^oun§ Dude Ouidubaldo wden about twelve ^ears of a§e.
It is in prodle, and tde dead is covered witd a cap adorned witd a pre-
cious stone and a lar§e pearl; dis princely costume is completed b^ a
§old cdain dan§in§ from dis breast, d'de otder, also in prodle, belongs
to N. Oennistoun. dVt tde bottom of tde picture an inscription informs
us tdat it was tde portrait of R apdael wden six vears of a§e, painted b)r
dis fatder. Lut tde fair dair, tde ricd clotdin§, and tde suspicious
cdaracter of tde inscription awaden doubts as to tdis fact.
'Wdilst Oiovanni was accomplisdinZ so man;/ undertadin^s, man)/
events dad taden place in tde princely family of Orbino. Ids Duds