and to remain in Florence. This is Vasari's story ; but the truth of his statement is open to doubt from the fact that recent investigations have brought to light the accounts of King Francis, which appear to have been kept by him with the utmost accuracy. parte anterior!, et iuxta viam magistram ; cuia a primo via publica que vadit ab Oratorio Sancti Sebastiani ad menia civitatis ; a secundo bona Sebastiani Laurentii pictoris ; a 3 dicti Sebastiani, a 4 bona reverendi domini Generalis Vallisumbrose ; pro pretio ducatorum quinquaginta auri largoram in auro nitidorum." (Archiv. gen. dei Contratti di Firenze. Rogiti diser Scipione Braccesi, protocollo dal 1519 al 1524. a-c. 96 tergo.) * After del Sarto's time this house passed into the possession of Frederigo Zucchero (1543-1609), and later into that of Giovanbattista Paggi (1555-1629), two artists of repute. Later it belonged to the Rafanelli family, and it is now in the possession of F. G. Caccia, Esq. In the year 1890, while having some repairs made, Mr Caccia's mason came across an interesting bronze medal built into the outer wall of the first storey. This medal had been struck in commemoration of Zucchero's having finished painting the cupola of the Duomo, which Vasari had begun 1572, and which was completed by Zucchero in 1578. The medal bears the bust of Zucchero on one side, and on the other a section of the dome, with name and date. PERIOD IN FRANCE 29 In these no trace can be found of any sums, large or small (beyond the payments due for his own work), as having been entrusted to del Sarto.