festive scenes,
and are more youthful in spirit than the works of his earlier years. The
two brothers were buried side by side, in the Church of SS. Giovanni e
Paolo, in Venice.

There were also good painters in Padua, Ferrara, and Verona in the
fifteenth century.

ANDREA MANTEGNA, of Padua (1430-1506), was a very important artist. He
spent the best part of his life in the service of the Duke of Mantua; but
his influence was felt in all Italy, for his marriage with the daughter of
Jacopo Bellini brought him into relations with many artists. His services
were sought by various sovereigns, whose offers he refused until Pope
Innocent VIII. summoned him to Rome to paint a chapel in the Vatican.
After two years there he returned to Mantua, where he died. His pictures
are in all large collections; his finest works are madonnas at the Louvre,
Paris, and in the Church of St. Zeno at Verona. Mantegna was a fine
engraver also, and his plates are now very valuable.

In the Umbrian school Pietro Perugino (1446-1524) was a notable painter;
he was important on account of his own work, and because he was the master
of the great Raphael. His pictures were simple and devout in their spirit,
and brilliant in color; in fact, he is considered as the founder of the
style which Raphael perfected. His works are in the principal galleries of
Europe, and he had many followers of whom we have not space to speak.

FRANCISCO FRANCIA (1450-1518) was the founder of the school of Bologna.
His true name was Francisco di Marco Raibolini, and he was a goldsmith of
repute before he was a painter. He was also master of the mint to the
Bentivoglio and to Pope Julius II. at Bologna. It is not possible to say
when he began to paint; but his earliest known work is dated 1490 or 1494,
and is in the Gallery of Bologna. His pictures resemble those of Perugino
and Raphael, and it is said that he died of sorrow because he felt himself
so inferior to the great painter of Urbino. Raphael sent his St. Cecilia
to Francia, and asked him to care for it and see it hung in its place; he
did so, but did not live long after this. It is well known that these two
masters were good friends and corresponded, but it is not certain that
they ever met. Francia's pictures are numerous; his portraits are
excellent. Many of his works are still in Bologna.

[Illustration: FIG. 34.--MADONNA. _By Perugino. In the Pitti Gallery,
Florence._]

We come now to one of the most celebrate