St. Peter and St. Paul raising the King's son: fresco, Brancacci
Chapel, Carmine, Florence.
Homage of St. Peter: fresco, Brancacci Chapel, Carmine, Florence.
[For Masaccio, as the first "naturalist" in landscape, see
Ruskin's notices of the frescoes in _Modern Painters_, vols. i.
and iii.]
MASOLINO (Florentine: 1383-1447).
The History of the Baptist (119, 127, 169, 211): frescoes, Castiglione
d' Olona (near Varese).
The Prophet Isaiah (167): fresco, Castiglione d' Olona (near Varese).
The Temptation: fresco, Castiglione d' Olona (near Varese).
St. Peter and St. John raising Petronilla: fresco, Brancacci Chapel,
Carmine, Florence.
[Tommaso di Cristoforo Fini, known as Masolino da Panicale,
from the place of his birth, is supposed to have been the
teacher of Masaccio. He was for some time in the service of
Cardinal Branda Castiglione. These frescoes, on one of which
he inscribed his name, were executed 1426-1437. They "indicate
a careful study of nature, though the type of composition is
still that of the 14th century."]
MEISTER WILHELM (see under 687).
Virgin and Child (104): picture, collection Archbp. of Cologne.
MEMLINC (see under 686).
Panels from Triptych (105): Hospital St. John, Bruges.
Crucifixion (106): triptych, Lübeck Cathedral.
MEMMI, SIMONE (Sienese: born 1283).
Annunciation (78): picture, Louvre, Paris.
Death-bed of St. Martin (277): fresco, church S. Francesco, Assisi.
Investiture of St. Martin: fresco, church S. Francesco, Assisi.
St. Martin renouncing the Emperor's service (124): fresco, church S.
Francesco, Assisi.
[The real name of this Sienese painter was Simone Martini. He
is celebrated by Petrarch: "I have known two painters," he
writes, "talented both and excellent, Giotto of Florence and
Simone of Siena."]
MICHAEL ANGELO (see under 790).
Delphic Sibyl (20): fresco, Sistine Chapel, Rome.
Persic Sibyl (262): " " "
Ezekiel (17): " " "
Jeremiah (16): " " "
[For Ruskin's criticism of these frescoes, see (among other
places) _Ariadne Florentina_, ch. iv.]
MONTAGNA (see under 802).
St. John Baptist and St. Benedict (6): picture, SS. Nazzaro e
Celso, Verona.
SS. Nazzaro e Celso (8): picture, SS. Nazzaro e Celso, Verona.
St. Blaise led to execution: " " "
MORANDO (see under 735).
The Deposition (80): picture, Municipal Museum, Verona.
PACCHIAROTTO (see under 1849).
St. Catherine and St. Agnes (10): fresco, oratory of S. Catherine,
Siena.
PALMA VECCHIO (see under 636).
Virgin and Child (212): picture, church S. Stefano, Vicenza.
[S. Lucia stands on the left; on the right, St. George in
armour with his banner--a grand figure recalling the S.
Liberale in Giorgione's picture at Castelfranco. One of Palma's
finest works.]
PERUGINO (see under 288).
Christ's charge to Peter (56): fresco, Sistine Chapel, Rome.
Baptism of Christ (181): " " "
Moses and the Angel (197): " " "
[Attributed by Morelli to Pinturicchio: see _German Galleries_,
p. 264.]
Adoration of the Magi (96): fresco, S. Maria de' Bianchi, Città della
Pieve.
Crucifixion (5): fresco, S. Maria Maddalena de Pazzi, Florence.
Marriage of the Virgin (73): fresco, Convent of S. Girolamo, Spello.
Martyrdom of St. Sebastian (28): fresco, chapel of convent at Panicale.
Nativity and Adoration (7): fresco S. Francesco del Monte, Perugia.
The Transfiguration (4): fresco, Sala del Cambio, Perugia.
PERUZZI (see under 218).
Augustus and the Sibyl (250): fresco, church of Fonte Giusta, Siena.
[Peruzzi imparted to this picture, says Lanzi, "such a divine
enthusiasm that Raffaelle himself never surpassed him in his
treatment of this subject."]
PINTURICCHIO (see under 693).
Glorification of St. Bernardino (186): fresco, church of Aracoeli, Rome.
Burial of St. Bernardino (130): fresco, church of Aracoeli, Rome.
["Somewhat slight and hard in execution, but full of expression
and individual life."--Kugler.]
Betrothal of Frederick III. (75): fresco, Piccolomini Library, Siena.
Piccolomini receiving a Cardinal's hat (71): fresco, Piccolomini
Library, Siena.
A drawing of the interior of the Piccolomini Library, showing
Pinturicchio's frescoes (43).
The Nativity (82): fresco, S. Maria del Popolo, Rome.
St. Catherine of Alexandria (59): fresco, Appartamenti Borgia, Vatican.
Virgin in Glory (3): altar-piece at Monte Oliveto.
Annunciation: fresco, Cathedral, Spello.