Ac. Veteribus. illis Omnium. Judicio. Comparando Dominicus. Contes. discipulus Pro. Laboribus. in. se. Instituendo. susceptis Grato. Ammo. Posuit Vixit Ann. XLII. OB. A. MDXXX."* * There would appear to be a mistake in the age given on the monu- ment the date of birth recorded in Regestri de Batezzati being i6th July 1486. I \ x - . ,-v Alinari photo} \Uffizi Palace, Florence SKETCH FOR VIRGIN IN THE ASSUMPTION IN THE PITTI PALACE A linari photo} [ Uffizi Palace, Florence STUDY FOR HEAD OF ST JOHN BAPTIST A linari photo\ [Uffizi Palace, Florence PORTRAIT OF A WOMAN LATEST PERIOD 53 But shortly afterwards it was removed by some superintendents of works in the church, who resented its having been placed there without their approval.* A note in the Sienese edition of Vasari says the monument was afterwards placed in a niche of the