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HIS PLACE IN ART
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famous by studying the frescoes of the Brancacci Chapel; and not only Florentines, but foreigners from other lands and cities came there to learn the principles of their art." So that it may truly be said of Masaccio, that he stands half-way between Giotto and Raphael, and was the heir of one, and the teacher of the other great master.

Chief Works
Florence.—Accademia: 73. Madonna and Child with St. Anne.
Florence.— Carmine: Brancacci Chapel: Frescoes—Fall of Adam and Eve, Expulsion from Paradise, St. Peter Preaching, Raising of Tabitha, St. Peter and St. John Healing the Sick with their Shadows, Distributing Alms, St. Peter Baptising, Raising of the King's Son (in part).
Florence.— S. Maria Novella: Fresco—Trinity, Madonna, St. John, and Donors.
Berlin.—Gallery: 58a. Adoration of Magi; 58b. Martyrdom of St. Peter and St. John; 58c. A Birth-Plate; 58d. Four Saints.
Pisa.—Gallery: Sala VI.: 27. St. Paul (formerly in Butler Collection).
Naples.—Crucifixion.
Vienna.—Count Lanckoronski: St. Andrew.
Boston, U.S.A.—Mrs J. L. Gardner: Portrait of Young Man.
Brant-Broughton, Newark.—Rev. A. Sutton: Madonna and Child, with four Angels.