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for her caused him to neglect the necessary studies demanded by his art, and in a great measure to dis- continue the assistance he had been in the habit of giving to his parents. Now it happened that a grave and sudden illness befell this woman's husband, from which he did not recover. After the death of the Berettajo, without taking counsel of his friends, re- gardless of the necessities of his art and genius, and not considering the eminence he had gained with so much labour in short, without a word to any of his 16 ANDREA DEL SARTO kindred, Andrea took to wife this woman, Lucrezia di Baccio del Fede, her beauty appearing to him to merit this at his hands, and his infatuation for her having far more power over him than the honour and glory of his previous achievements.* " When the news became known in Florence the affection and respect with which his friends had always regarded Andrea changed into disapproval and contempt. It appeared to them that the shadow of this disgrace obscured the glory and renown obtained by his talents. " But not only did this act estrange his friends, it also destroyed his own peace of mind. Very soon he had cause for jealousy, and he found he had fallen into the hands of a woman who only sought to use him as her tool. The help he had been in the habit

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