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Putto with tambourine, from the Baptistery at Siena; *220. Dona¬
tello, Bust of Lodovico III. Gonzaga. — By the chimncv-piece: 225.
Italian Master (ca. 15X0), Bust of Pope Gregory XIII.; 224. Flo¬
rentine Master (ca. 1550), Bust of Marchese del Nero. To the left,
291. Giovanni da Bologna, Rape of Dejaneira. In the glass-case
to the right, no number, Ant. Pollaiuolo, Hercules; 235. Donatello,
David; 232. Lorenzo Ghiberti, Caryatid. Also works by Bertoldo,
Riccio, and others. In the middle, **233. Donatello, John the
Baptist (1423). The glass-case on the left contains bronze works of
the 16th cent., by Benvenuto Cellini, Giov. da Bolognaf Fran¬
cesco da Said' Agata, etc. — By one of the doors in the rear-wall
we enter —
Room 37. Signorelli Saloon. Entrance wall: **79a. Luca
Signorelli, Pan with shepherds and nymphs, 'most poetically con¬
ceived and beautifully arranged', and distinguished by the admirable
drawing of the nude, here handled freely for the first time in Italian
art (presented by the painter to Lorenzo de' Medici). To the left,
Signorelli, 79, 79b. Two wings of an altar with saints, Holy
Family meeting the family of John the Baptist. To the right, 27 a.
Fr. Sauarcione, Madonna; *79c. Signorelli, Portrait; Andrea
Mantegna, 27. Madonna (early work), *29. Presentation in the
Temple, 9. Portrait of Cardinal Mezzarota; above, *1170. Marco
Zoppo, Madonna and saints.
Room 38. Botticelli Saloon. To the left of the entrance:
*96. Filippiuo Lippi, Crucifixion, with the Virgin and St. Francis.
Left wall: Sandro Botticelli, 1124. Venus (study), *106. Madonna
enthroned with the two SS. John (a masterpiece of his middle period),
102. Madonna and Child with angels; 98. Raffaellino del Garbo,
Madonna enthroned with two saints; 1128. Botticelli, St. Sebastian.
— Rear-wall (left), 107. Piero di L'osimo. Mars and Venus; (right)
1117. Botticelli, Annunciation (studio-piece). — Right wall, 106b,
106a. Botticelli, Giuliano de' .Medici and his mistress Simonetta;
*73. P. Pollaiuolo, Annunciation, with a charming view of Flo¬
rence and the valley of the Arno; **102a. Botticelli, Madonna and
angelic musicians, an early masterpiece (on loan); 103. Lorenzo
di Credi, Mary Magdalen (designed by Verrocchio); 204. Piero
di Cosimo, Adoration of the Shepherds. — By the early-Florentine
door (loth cent.) we now proceed to the tribune of the Basilica
(p. 97), whence the central door leads to —
Room 64. The walls are hung with the celebrated **Tapkstky,
woven for Henry VIII. of England from designs (now in the South
Kensington Museum) drawn by Raphael in 1515-16 for the Sistine
Chapel of the Vatican. This tapestry, like the original set, of which
it was the first repetition, was executed at Brussels in fine wools,
silks, and gold thread, but like both the original and the later repe¬
titions (Loreto, Dresden, Paris) has sadly faded. It was once in the
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