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had erected ! It is said he worked from wax figures modelled by Tribolo. Before many years were over these paintings were covered with whitewash,* and all that now remains are the original sketches, which are preserved in the Uffizi Gallery studies which represent, both in draped and undraped form, figures which hung head downwards. In 1529 del Sarto was enrolled a member of the company of St Sebastian, for which society he painted a picture of their patron saint, which may, or may not, be that now in the Palazzo Ginori in Florence a fine work, but sadly retouched. Vasari speaks of its rare beauty as giving the impression that it must be a last work, never again to be surpassed by the artist's brush. And a last work it indeed proved to be. In August 1530 the siege was raised, and by the treachery of Baglione, Florence fell, and the Spaniards entered the city. Amongst the troops who poured into Florence were soldiers infected with the plague that dread malady which had so often devastated Italy. The pestilence thus introduced spread rapidly, and del Sarto was one of its victims. Whether weakened by privations he had suffered during the siege, or from some excess of eating, he fell seriously ill, and found himself at the point of death. His wife, alarmed at the malignant nature of the disease, deserted him