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LIVES OF THE ARTISTS.
executed on a ground of ultramarine, but it is now nearly
ruined. On the walls beneath, and on the pilasters, he then
painted numerous miracles performed by the Madonna, with
other pictures, which are recognized by their manner.*
Having completed this undertaking, Jacopo returned to
Casentino, whence, after producing many works in Prato
Vecchio, Poppi, and other places in that valley, he repaired
to Arezzo. This city was then under its own government,
with a council of sixty citizens, chosen from the most esteemed
and richest, to whose care the whole administration of public
affairs was committed. Here Jacopo depicted a story from
the life of St. Martin,f in the principal chapel of the cathe-
dral ; and in the Duomo Vecchio, which is now destroyed,
he painted various pictures, among which, in the principal
chapel, was the portrait of Pope Innocent IV. In the church
of St. Bartholomew, moreover, this master painted on the
wall the pictures above the high altar, with the chapel of St.
Mary of the Snows, a work executed for the chapter-house
belonging to the canons of the deanery.^ For the ancient
confraternity of San Giovanni di Peducci, also, Jacopo di
Casentino painted numerous stories from the life of that
saint, but these works have been covered with whitewash.
He decorated the chapel of San Cristofano in the church of
San Domenico, in like manner, taking for his subject the
Beato Masuolo liberating from prison a merchant of the
Fei family, by whom the chapel was erected. This Beato
Masuolo, who was a prophet, had predicted many misfortunes
while he was yet alive, to the people of Arezzo. In the
church of St. Augustine, also, Jacopo painted stories in fresco
from the life of San Lorenzo, in the chapel and at the altar
of the Nardi family, a work in which he displayed an ad-
mirable method and extraordinary facility.
This master gave his attention to architecture likewise,
* Slight traces only of these works now exist.
+ The Roman edition of 1759, and even that of Florence published in
1832-38, affirm that this picture was in existence at those dates, although
by no means in good condition; but the latest Florentine edition—that
of 1846-49—declares it to have perished.
t On this facade, and in the angle to the right of the spectator, is a
Dead Christ, with St. John and the Virgin in half-length figures. This
is the only painting by Jacopo di Casentino now remaining in Arezzo.—
'Ed. flor. 1846-49.
LIVES OF THE ARTISTS.
executed on a ground of ultramarine, but it is now nearly
ruined. On the walls beneath, and on the pilasters, he then
painted numerous miracles performed by the Madonna, with
other pictures, which are recognized by their manner.*
Having completed this undertaking, Jacopo returned to
Casentino, whence, after producing many works in Prato
Vecchio, Poppi, and other places in that valley, he repaired
to Arezzo. This city was then under its own government,
with a council of sixty citizens, chosen from the most esteemed
and richest, to whose care the whole administration of public
affairs was committed. Here Jacopo depicted a story from
the life of St. Martin,f in the principal chapel of the cathe-
dral ; and in the Duomo Vecchio, which is now destroyed,
he painted various pictures, among which, in the principal
chapel, was the portrait of Pope Innocent IV. In the church
of St. Bartholomew, moreover, this master painted on the
wall the pictures above the high altar, with the chapel of St.
Mary of the Snows, a work executed for the chapter-house
belonging to the canons of the deanery.^ For the ancient
confraternity of San Giovanni di Peducci, also, Jacopo di
Casentino painted numerous stories from the life of that
saint, but these works have been covered with whitewash.
He decorated the chapel of San Cristofano in the church of
San Domenico, in like manner, taking for his subject the
Beato Masuolo liberating from prison a merchant of the
Fei family, by whom the chapel was erected. This Beato
Masuolo, who was a prophet, had predicted many misfortunes
while he was yet alive, to the people of Arezzo. In the
church of St. Augustine, also, Jacopo painted stories in fresco
from the life of San Lorenzo, in the chapel and at the altar
of the Nardi family, a work in which he displayed an ad-
mirable method and extraordinary facility.
This master gave his attention to architecture likewise,
* Slight traces only of these works now exist.
+ The Roman edition of 1759, and even that of Florence published in
1832-38, affirm that this picture was in existence at those dates, although
by no means in good condition; but the latest Florentine edition—that
of 1846-49—declares it to have perished.
t On this facade, and in the angle to the right of the spectator, is a
Dead Christ, with St. John and the Virgin in half-length figures. This
is the only painting by Jacopo di Casentino now remaining in Arezzo.—
'Ed. flor. 1846-49.