. Angelo. And since these works of Giovanni, which are truly
very beautiful, gave infinite satisfaction, arrangements were just being
made to give him the commission to paint all the rest of that Hall,
when, being now old, he died.

Up to the present we have spoken of nothing save the Hall, in order not
to interrupt the sequence of the scenes; but now we must turn back a
little and say that there are many other works to be seen by the hand of
the same man. One is a panel which is now on the high-altar of S.
Domenico in Pesaro. In the Church of S. Zaccheria in Venice, in the
Chapel of S. Girolamo, there is a panel of Our Lady and many saints,
executed with great diligence, with a building painted with much
judgment; and in the same city, in the Sacristy of the Friars Minor,
called the "Ca Grande," there is another by the same man's hand, wrought
with beautiful design and a good manner. There is likewise one in S.
Michele di Murano, a monastery of Monks of Camaldoli; and in the old
Church of S. Francesco della Vigna, a seat of the Frati del Zoccolo,
there was a picture of a Dead Christ, so beautiful that it was highly
extolled before Louis XI, King of France, whereupon he demanded it from
its owners with great insistence, so that they were forced, although
very unwillingly, to gratify his wish. In its place there was put
another with the name of the same Giovanni, but not so beautiful or so
well executed as the first; and some believe that this substitute was
wrought for the most part by Girolamo Moretto, a pupil of Giovanni. The
Confraternity of S. Girolamo also possesses a work with little figures
by the same Bellini, which is much extolled. And in the house of Messer
Giorgio Cornaro there is a picture, likewise very beautiful, containing
Christ, Cleophas, and Luke.

In the aforesaid Hall he also painted, though not at the same time, a
scene of the Venetians summoning forth from the Monastery of the Carita
a Pope--I know not which--who, having fled to Venice, had secretly
served for a long time as cook to the monks of that monastery; in which
scene there are many portraits from the life, and other very beautiful
figures.

[Illustration: MADONNA AND SAINTS

(_After the panel by =Giovanni Bellini=. Venice: S. Francesco della
Vigna_)

_Anderson_]

No long time after, certain portraits were taken to Turkey by an
ambassador as presents for the Grand Turk, which caused such
astonishment and marvel to that Emperor, tha