vi. 315.

[84] "Italian Painters," i. 94.

[85] "Italian Painters," ii. 285.

[86] Madonna. Siena Gallery, No. 340.

[87] Portrait of Man. Pitti Gallery, Florence, No. 382.

[88] See Cavalcaselle e Crowe, viii. 521.

[89] Vischer, 102.

[90] Vischer, 320.

[91] Inserted at the end of Vischer's "Signorelli," 383.

[92] Unfortunately recently hung so high that any just appreciation of
their great merit and beauty is impossible.

[93] Crowe and Cavalcaselle maintain that Raffaelle also studied
carefully the works of Signorelli. See Cavalcaselle e Crowe, viii. 425,
and i. 41, etc. etc.

CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE

OF THE LIFE AND WORKS OF LUCA SIGNORELLI

[The following table is compiled from that of Cavalcaselle e
Crowe. (Le Monnier, 1898) as being more complete than that in
Milanesi's Vasari, and more condensed than that of Vischer.
Dates, however, which are not supported by documentary evidence
have been omitted.]

1441 (_circa_). Luca was born of Egidio, son of Luca, son of Ventura
Signorelli.

1474. (November) Completed the fresco in the Tower of the Commune, Citta
di Castello, with the Virgin enthroned between SS. Jerome and Paul,
first spoiled by exposure, and completely destroyed by the
earthquake of 1789.

1479. (Sep. 6) Elected to the Consiglio dei XVIII., Cortona.

1479. (Nov. 28) Elected to the Conservatori degli Ordinamente del
Comune.

1480. Elected to the Priori for the months of March and April.

1480. (Aug. 26) Elected to the Consiglio Generale.

1481. (Aug. 25) Elected to the Consiglio Generale.

1484. Painted the altar-piece in the Cathedral of Perugia.

1484. Is sent to Gubbio, to negotiate with Francesco di Giorgio, Sienese
architect, for a design for the church of Calcinaio, near Cortona.

1485. (Jan. 10) Undertook the painting of a chapel in Sant' Agata,
Spoleto; a work which, it seems, was never executed.

1485. (Feb. 22) Elected to the Consiglio dei XVIII.

1485. (Aug. 22) Elected to the Consiglio Generale.

1486. Elected to the Priori for the months of January and February.

1488. (July 6) For the great ability with which he painted the Banner of
the Blessed Virgin, is made citizen of Citta di Castello, as was his
great desire.

1488. Reseated in the Chief Magistracy of Cortona for the months of
September and October.

1489. Elected to the Consiglio Generale.

1490. (Dec. 25) Elected to the Priori