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ok tbe supports of tire frieze cbarming little angels, alwa/s two togetber,
are eitber aboring or pla/ing music.
Ou tbe two exterior Lucies of tbs arcb of tire drupel tlre ^.nnuncia-
tion is represented b/ tire Virgin anb tlre angel iu balf-lengtir bgures iu
meballions.
Dbis tlue worb reveals a well-sbillsb fresco painter, from rvlriclr rve
ma/ conclude tbat Liovanni executed man/ frescoes now, unfortunate!)-,
bsstro/eb. lire brawing is more live!/, freer, anb less barb, tire colour-
ing freslrer anb ligbter tlran in iris clistenrper paintings, lire colouring of
tlre tleslr is brownisb in tlre sbabows, but in clrilclren's faces it is some-
times gre/ anb sometimes of a liglrt brown witlr transitions to a luminous
reb witlr touclres of wlrite.
Io abb still more to tlre brilliancy of tlris picture tire master Iras given
a variable colour to tire garments of tbe angels, rsb anb green, witlr golb
liglrts. lire expression of tire Ireabs is also more animateb tlran usual,
anb tbe faces of tire Virgin, tlre cbilb, anb tire angels give us a foretaste
of Bapbaelespue beauty.
L/ tbe sibe of tire family clrapel is also tire funeral monument of
Battista, tbe wife of Bistro liranni. ^.bove tbs sarcopbagus in a recess
in tbe straps of a nicbe, Liovanni painteb a Bista in fresco : tlre Lbrist is
on!/ seen in balf-lengtb, being parti/ in tbe tomb; on one sibe is Lt.
Jerome, on tbe otber Lt. Lonaventura. Ibis little fresco seems to bave
been executeb rapibl/. lire beab of tbe Lbrist is tbe on!/ part on
wbicb greater pains were bestoweb, it is animateb b/ a noble expression
of grief, ^.bove is written witlr abbreviations " l8L?H81^-: LOXIV6I
1I88IN^ (^rb.) I'L1'KV8 c^^QILX8I8 8Lt,V1'LLt
ivi ecec i,xxxi."
On bis return to Urbino, Liovanni gilbeb several canbelabras anb
angels in woob for tlre brotbsrboob of Lorpus Domini. Dire expenses of
tbls worb, wbicb we mention, in orber to omit notbing of tbe scant/ in-
formation wbicb bas come clown to us of tbis master, are stateb in tbe
account boobs of tlre orber, of tbe /ears i486 to 149Z.
/rmongst tbe last worbs of Lliovanni is anotber Lbrist supporteb anb
wept over b/ angels, a picture of small bimensions, but ver/ well arrangeb,
painteb on tbe pulpit of Lan Lernarbino, former!/ Lan Donato near
Drbino.
^Vt tbis periob, tbs /oung Bapbael began to sbow a great inclination
for art. Wbilst still c^uite /oung be assistsb bis fatber witlr some paint-
ok tbe supports of tire frieze cbarming little angels, alwa/s two togetber,
are eitber aboring or pla/ing music.
Ou tbe two exterior Lucies of tbs arcb of tire drupel tlre ^.nnuncia-
tion is represented b/ tire Virgin anb tlre angel iu balf-lengtir bgures iu
meballions.
Dbis tlue worb reveals a well-sbillsb fresco painter, from rvlriclr rve
ma/ conclude tbat Liovanni executed man/ frescoes now, unfortunate!)-,
bsstro/eb. lire brawing is more live!/, freer, anb less barb, tire colour-
ing freslrer anb ligbter tlran in iris clistenrper paintings, lire colouring of
tlre tleslr is brownisb in tlre sbabows, but in clrilclren's faces it is some-
times gre/ anb sometimes of a liglrt brown witlr transitions to a luminous
reb witlr touclres of wlrite.
Io abb still more to tlre brilliancy of tlris picture tire master Iras given
a variable colour to tire garments of tbe angels, rsb anb green, witlr golb
liglrts. lire expression of tire Ireabs is also more animateb tlran usual,
anb tbe faces of tire Virgin, tlre cbilb, anb tire angels give us a foretaste
of Bapbaelespue beauty.
L/ tbe sibe of tire family clrapel is also tire funeral monument of
Battista, tbe wife of Bistro liranni. ^.bove tbs sarcopbagus in a recess
in tbe straps of a nicbe, Liovanni painteb a Bista in fresco : tlre Lbrist is
on!/ seen in balf-lengtb, being parti/ in tbe tomb; on one sibe is Lt.
Jerome, on tbe otber Lt. Lonaventura. Ibis little fresco seems to bave
been executeb rapibl/. lire beab of tbe Lbrist is tbe on!/ part on
wbicb greater pains were bestoweb, it is animateb b/ a noble expression
of grief, ^.bove is written witlr abbreviations " l8L?H81^-: LOXIV6I
1I88IN^ (^rb.) I'L1'KV8 c^^QILX8I8 8Lt,V1'LLt
ivi ecec i,xxxi."
On bis return to Urbino, Liovanni gilbeb several canbelabras anb
angels in woob for tlre brotbsrboob of Lorpus Domini. Dire expenses of
tbls worb, wbicb we mention, in orber to omit notbing of tbe scant/ in-
formation wbicb bas come clown to us of tbis master, are stateb in tbe
account boobs of tlre orber, of tbe /ears i486 to 149Z.
/rmongst tbe last worbs of Lliovanni is anotber Lbrist supporteb anb
wept over b/ angels, a picture of small bimensions, but ver/ well arrangeb,
painteb on tbe pulpit of Lan Lernarbino, former!/ Lan Donato near
Drbino.
^Vt tbis periob, tbs /oung Bapbael began to sbow a great inclination
for art. Wbilst still c^uite /oung be assistsb bis fatber witlr some paint-