. The cities of Romagna and the Marches. century it was in the hands of the Augustinians,and was largely rebuilt in 1473, and within was entirelyrenewed in 1776 and again in 1827. Over the second altaron the right is a curious picture, painted in 1508, or perhapsin 1538, representing, above, the Madonna di Loreto en-throned, and beneath, S. Peter, S. John Baptist, S. Martinon horseback, and S. Augustine. It was painted by thebrothers Antonio and Giovanni Gentile di Lorenzo daSanseverino. The inscription is as follows : faciebat APELLES • ANTONIUS ET JOANNES GENTILIS MAGISTRI LAURENTIJ • SEPTEM
. The cities of Romagna and the Marches. century it was in the hands of the Augustinians,and was largely rebuilt in 1473, and within was entirelyrenewed in 1776 and again in 1827. Over the second altaron the right is a curious picture, painted in 1508, or perhapsin 1538, representing, above, the Madonna di Loreto en-throned, and beneath, S. Peter, S. John Baptist, S. Martinon horseback, and S. Augustine. It was painted by thebrothers Antonio and Giovanni Gentile di Lorenzo daSanseverino. The inscription is as follows : faciebat APELLES • ANTONIUS ET JOANNES GENTILIS MAGISTRI LAURENTIJ • SEPTEMPEDANI PINGEBANT. Chi VUol biuS- mare • Iopra • manifesta • facciane • un • altra Lui • pub dana ? qta. Sapienti • pauca md {xxx) viii. But interesting as this work is, two far better picturesare to be seen in the sacristy, one of them a very noblemasterpiece. This is the beautiful work of Pintoricchio,and it probably dates from about 1496. It represents in abeautiful landscape—a valley with far-away mountains and. MATER BY TIN roRlCCHIO SANSEVERINO 239 curious rocks beneath woods—Madonna seated with herlittle Son standing on a rich cushion on her knee, as Heblesses the donor, a priest, said to be Liberate Bartelli,protonotary Apostolic and Canon of S. Maria in Trastevere,who kneels humbly, his hands pointed in prayer. In OurLords left hand is a crystal ball surmounted by a littlecross ; and on either side of Madonna is an angel. Above,in the lunette, appears God the Father, surrounded by thecherubim. This very noble work is called the Madonna ofPeace, Madonna Pacis, and its effect upon one is just that ;it is as though all the softness of Umbria had suddenlycrept, on some summer afternoon, into this harder and moreviolent country of narrow, broken valleys, and precipitousmountains, and had left here for ever this much of its ownbeatitude. Close by hangs another Umbrian work, but very differentin spirit from that of Pintoricchio. It is a work
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