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Passavant, Johann David
Raphael of Urbino and his father Giovanni Santi — London, New York: MacMillan and Co., 1872

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Bepresent tke entrance ok Larding! Oiovanni de' lVledici into Florence ill tke
capacity okBapal legate.
189.
I'm: Urbino or rur B^L lVI^.
Bke lame man is I^ing beneatk tke peristyle ok tke Bsmple, and Lt. Betsr and
Lt. jsokn, surrounded b^ people, are approacking Kim. Lt. Beter is ill tke act ok
saving, " B.iss up and walk." On tke lekt anotker cripple is dragging kimsslk
towards tke apostles; amongst tke crowd we uotice a woman witk Ker nursling,
and oll tke rigkt are two women carrying naked babies, one ok wkick kolds two
cloves tied to tke encl ok a small stick. Iks wreatkecl and rickl^ decorated columns
ok tke peristyle appear to kave been copiscl krom tkose still in tke Basilica ok Lt.
Beter, wkick krom tke earliest times were supposed to kave belonged to tke
Bemple ok Jerusalem.
Bke drawings kor tkis tapestry kave keen engraved b^ Baptista Branco, and
Barmegiano, tke cartoon b/ Xic. vorign^, B. Bspicie and otkers, and tke tapestry
itselk b^- several artists, kut b^ none ok tke great masters.
On tke rigkt (Cardinal Oiovanni de' Nedici is surrendering kimselk a prisoner
at tke Battle ok Bavenna to Laptain Bederico Oonr:aga da B0220I0, wko was
serving in tke Brsnck arm^. On tke lekt kis escape krom prison in 1512 is repre-
sented. Iks recumbent kemale is supposed to Be a naid, and tke satins amongst
tke reeds and in tke little kouse, kave evidently some reference to tke danger in-
curred b^ tke Lardinal wksn Osimbardo kept Kim skut up in a dove kouse in order
to give Kim up to kis enemies. Ike two subjects are separated b^ an arabesque,
composed ok two lions and some laurel branckes, witk tke words " Beo X. Bont.
lVlax." Bke^ kave been engraved b^ Bistro Lanto Lartoli.
190.
B»L OLLI-ll or
blins apostles are standing on a terrace; Lt. Beter is pronouncing judgment
on Ananias, wko is expiring in convulsions; on tke rigkt a ^oung man and kis
wike are kneeling, overwkelmed witk dismay ; and on tke lekt two men are bending
forward in korror towards tke man struck b^ tke kand ok Ood. In tke distance
on tke lekt a man and kis wike are carrying clotkes, and Lappkira is seen counting
over tke mone^ ske is about to otter, all unconscious ok tke doom wkick kas over-
taken Ker kusband and awaits ksrselk. In tke background on tke rigkt Lt. js okn
and some otker apostles are distributing alms to tke poor.
Agostino Venetiano completed an engraving, alter tke drawings kor tkis tapestry,
wkick was commenced b^ Narc Antonio; Hugo da Oarpi and O. ^.udran kave also
reproduced tkem, and tke cartoon kas been engraved b^ blic. Oorign^ and otkers.
On tke rigkt we kave tke address ok tke gonkaloniere Bidoltl to tke inkabitants
 
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