Stories of persons and places in Europe . hehour of noon, the gay young friends of Pietrohad come in response to his invitation andbeen warmly welcomed. They gathered atthe window and looked out at the statuewhich was to prophesy the fortunes of Flor-ence In the centre of the circle stood thehandsome Pietro, wrapped in his costly fur mantle, and by his side, athis express command, stood Michael Angelo. But the sport they expected waswanting. Before the outstretched armwarning hand and stern face of that white majestic figure, their jests diedIway It was a moment of triumph for the artist. He s
Stories of persons and places in Europe . hehour of noon, the gay young friends of Pietrohad come in response to his invitation andbeen warmly welcomed. They gathered atthe window and looked out at the statuewhich was to prophesy the fortunes of Flor-ence In the centre of the circle stood thehandsome Pietro, wrapped in his costly fur mantle, and by his side, athis express command, stood Michael Angelo. But the sport they expected waswanting. Before the outstretched armwarning hand and stern face of that white majestic figure, their jests diedIway It was a moment of triumph for the artist. He saw that Pietrpwawed as he looked upon the statue he had ordered to furnish sport; the emmenace it expressed was not the pleasing prophecy he expected. MichaelWo felt gratified too, that his talent which was to have furnished sporthadL compelled admiration from all Florence, as the surging crowd around ^^rber Gof that year, Charles VIII. of France, ruled in th^azzode Medici, and Pietro was a fugitive. Ten years afterward and the waters ol. RAPHAEL. 380 Persons and Places in Europe. G-arigliano had closed over him, as he was lighting with the French againslthe Spaniards. But the prophecy of the snow statue was not yet entirelyfulfilled. There wasanother side to it,—the future of the great artist who hacmade it. In L854, all the citizens of Florence were again assembled to dohonor to a, work of Michae] Angelo, chiseled from the snowy marbles ofCarara. Slowly tire (glossal statue of David was lifted to its place in thepiazza del (iran Duca, and there it has stood ever since; the admiration andwonder of all beholders, as the great artist himself, sculptor, painter, arch-itect and poet, has been the wonder of the world. Raphaels Saint Cecilia.—Next to the nameof Michael Angelo amongItalian painters is that of Raphael, who was only a few years younger, andwas particularly oelebrated Tor his numerous Madonnas. In those days thebest artists were employed in decorating t he chapels a
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