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one of perfect equipoise in composition ; and we are fortunate in possessing not only the original sketch for the whole, but also studies for many of the details. The original sketch for the dead Christ, in red chalk, is in the Louvre, for which collection a sum of 150 florins was paid for it. There, too, is a study for the head of St Catherine, while the sketch for the head of the Magdalen is in the Uffizi. We are thus able to trace this beautiful work from its very first inception in the artist's mind, and to follow the interest of its development. On October n, 1524, del Sarto was paid by the abbess for this picture and for the Visita- tion (now, unfortunately, disappeared) a sum of 80 ducats in gold. The Plague having somewhat abated, Andrea returned to Florence, and in the November of that year (1524) the Visitation of the Scalzo is painted and paid for ; and this was quickly followed by the Madonna and Saints of the Pitti (No. 307) a fine work, in which the Madonna and Child, seated on clouds, ar adored by six saints, who stand and kneel below. This picture was painted by order of del Sarto's intimate friend, Becuccio Biccherai da Gambassi, of whom and his wife, the predella (now lost) contained portraits. The five saints in the Cathedral of Pisa belong to this time. They were destined for the church of St Agnese, near Pisa, but since 1618 they have all hung in the