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BAPTISM OF CHRIST. Scalzo fresco, i'94X2'ii = 6 ft. 4 x 6.12. Thi.3 was the first fresco of the series begun 1509-10. The joint work of del Sarto and Franciabigio (see page 6). Engraved : Migliavacca. LA CARITA. Scalzo fresco, 1*94 x o'gi = 6 ft. 4 x 3. One of the artist's most perfect compositions. Painted 1520, after del Sarto's return from France. Reumont considers the grouping superior to that of the Louvre Charite. Is portrait of the artist's wife. An interesting early sketch in possession of Professor Max Miiller, Oxford. Engraved : Eredi, Cecchi, Zignani, J. Masselli. JUSTICE. Scalzo fresco, 1^94 x no = 6 ft. 4 x 3.7. A fine pose, full of dignity. She holds a sword in her right hand, and in her left a pair of scales. Below is inscribed : " Diligite lustitiam qui judicatis terram." This fresco has enormously suffered. Painted 1515. Engraved : Zignani. 92 CATALOGUE OF WORKS PREACHING OF ST. JOHN. Scalzo fresco, 1-94 x 2*10 = 6 ft. 4 x 6. 1 1. Paid for, ist November 1515, lire 72. Bears mono- gram. A fine composition, showing the influence of Diirer, from whose engraving (published 1511) the warrior monk is taken, here softened and Italianised (see page 20). Sketch for fresco in the Uffizi, No. 646. Engraved : Langermayer, Lapi.

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