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paint imaginative works, and vies with Michelangelo in designing nudes on a large scale. His Allegory, in the National Gallery, and his Christ in Hades, are tasteless conceptions, devoid alike of spiritual meaning and beauty. But many of his portraits are admirable works of art. Few later masters have surpassed his courtly representations of Eleonora of Toledo, and Lucrezia Panciatichi, of Duke Cosimo and Don Ferdinand, at Florence, or the full length portrait of the handsome boy in red and black, which long went by the name of Pontormo, in the National Gallery.
| Chief Works— | |
| Franciabigio: | |
| Florence.—Pitti: 43. Portrait of Man. 427. Allegory of Calumny. | |
| Florence.—„ Uffizi: 92. Madonna and Child with St. John. 1223. Temple of Hercules. 1224. Holy Family. 1264. Madonna and Child with Saints. | |
| Florence.—„ Annunziata, Court: Fresco—Marriage of the Virgin. Chiostro dello Scalzo: Frescoes—The life of St. John Baptist. | |
| Florence.—„ La Calza: Fresco—Last Supper. | |
| Florence.—„ Poggio a Caiano: Fresco—Triumph of Caesar. | |
| Rome.—Borghese Villa: 177. Marriage of St. Katherine. | |
| Rome.—„ 458. Holy Family. | |
| Rome.—„ Corsini Gallery: 570. Madonna and Child. | |
| Turin.—Gallery: 112. Annunciation. | |
| Berlin.—Gallery: 235, 245, 245a. Portraits. | |
| Dresden.—Gallery: 75. Story of Bathsheba. | |
| London.—National Gallery: 1035. Portrait of Knight of Malta. | |
| London.—„ Mr. Benson: Portrait of an Artist. | |
| London.—„ Earl of Northbrook: Portrait of Youth. | |
| London.—„ Earl of Yarborough: Portrait of a Jeweller. | |
| London.—„ Windsor Castle: Portrait of Youth. | |
