REMBRANDT. By MALCOLM BELL.

_Others to follow._

LONDON: GEORGE BELL & SONS

* * * * *

[Illustration: _Portrait of an unknown man_]

LUCA SIGNORELLI

by

MAUD CRUTTWELL

[Illustration]

London
George Bell & Sons
1899

"Pianga Cortona omai, vestasi oscura,
Che estinti son del Signorello i lumi;
Et, tu, Pittura, fa de gli occhi fuimi,
Che resti senza lui debile e scura."

_Epitaph composed at the time of his death_

"Il Cortonese Luca d'ingegno
E spirito pellegrino."

RIME DI GIOVANNI SANTI

PREFATORY NOTICE.

The references to Vasari, and Crowe and Cavalcaselle, are invariably to
the latest editions, both in Italian: "Opere di Giorgio Vasari"
(Firenze, G. C. Sansoni, 1879); "Cavalcaselle e Crowe" (Le Monnier,
1898).

The author desires to express her gratitude to Mr Bernhard Berensen,
author of "Lorenzo Lotto," etc., for much help in her work.

FLORENCE, _October_ 1899.

CONTENTS

PAGE

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS ix

BIBLIOGRAPHY xiii

GENEALOGICAL TREE xv

Chapter I. HIS LIFE 1

II. DEVELOPMENT AND CHARACTERISTICS OF HIS GENIUS 17

III. EARLIEST WORKS 32

IV. MIDDLE PERIOD 49

V. ORVIETO 63

VI. LATER PAINTINGS 87

VII. LAST WORKS 98

VIII. DRAWINGS 107

IX. PUPILS AND GENERAL INFLUENCE 111

CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE 121

CATALOGUE OF WORKS 131

INDEX 141

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

PAGE

Portrait of a Man _Gallery, Berlin_ _Frontispiece_

Portrait of Signorelli _Museo del Duomo, Orvieto_ 8

The Deposition _Cathedral, Cortona_ 10

The Flagellation _Brera Gallery, Milan_ 32