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Would certainly appear to be not from the hand of the master. Engraved : Martelli. VIRGIN IN GLORY. Wood, 3-06x2-07 = 10 ft. 1x6.10. [No. 123.] Painted for the monks of Vallombrosa for the Abbey of Poppi, in Casentino. The Virgin is seated on clouds, surrounded by beautiful child angels. Below are four saints St. Giovan' Gualberto leaning on his staff, St. Bernardo of Vallombrosa, St. Catherine, holding a book, kneels by her broken wheel, St. Fidelius kneels holding sword and palm. This picture remained unfinished at del Sarto's death, and was afterwards retouched by Vincenzo Bonilli of Poppi, who added the date on St. Catherine's wheel, A.D. MDXXXX., ten years after del Sarto's death. In October 1531, Lucrezia, his widow, received seventy lire in payment for this work. ITALY 79 In 1818 Ferdinando III., G.D., acquired and placed this picture in the Pitti Gallery. There are studies for the hands of St. Giovan' Gualberto, and of St. Fidelius, in the Uffizi, No. 293 K , 149. The hands of St. Giovan' Gualberto appear in other pictures by this artist. See No. 76 and No. 96, in the Academy. Sketch for St. Catherine's head in the Louvre. Engraved : Lorenzini, Caterina Piotti. ANNUNCIATION. Wood, 1-82 x 176 = 6 ft. 5x5.9. [No.

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