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majesty to his figures, and introduced finely designed folds in his draperies. He began to understand light and shade, and to give his forms relief, and succeeded in some very difficult foreshortenings. He also gave greater sweetness of expression to his women-heads, and gayer costumes to his young men, and his perspective is tolerably correct. But above all he excelled in fresco-painting. This he did so well, and with such delicately blending colours, that his flesh tones have the utmost softness imaginable, and if he could have drawn more perfectly, he would deserve to be numbered among the best artists."
| Chief Works— | |
| Castiglione d'Olona.—Church: Frescoes—Life of the Virgin, and Lives of St. Stephen and St. Laurence, 1428. | |
| Castiglione d'Olona.—„„ Baptistery: Life of the Baptist, 1435. | |
| Naples.—Museo: 25. Madonna and Christ in Glory; 34. Foundation of the Church of La Madonna della Neve by Pope Martin V. | |
| Rome.—S. Clemente: Frescoes—Lives of S. Katharine of Alexandria and St. Ambrose; Crucifixion. | |
| Bremen.—Kunsthalle: 164. Madonna, 1423. | |
| Munich.—Pinacothek: 1019. Madonna and Angels. | |
| Gosford House.—Annunciation. | |
| Empoli.—Duomo: Fresco—Pietà. | |
| Empoli.—„ S. Stefano: Fresco—Madonna and Child, with Angels. | |
