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Rome, and was buried in S. Maria sopra Minerva, where Pope Nicholas himself composed the Latin epitaph on his tomb.
Hic jacet ven: Pictor. Fr: Joc. de Flor. Ord: Pred:
M.CCCC.LV.
Non mihi sit laudi, quod eram velut alter Apelles,
- Sed quod lucra tuis omnia, Christe dabam,
Altera nam terris opera extant, altera cœlo;
- Urbs me Joannem flos tulit Etruriæ.
"Not mine be the praise if I was another Apelles, but that I gave all I had to Thy poor, O Christ!
"That city which is the flower of Etruria bore me, Giovanni."
Chief Works— | |
Florence.—Accademia: | 166. Descent from the Cross. |
227. Madonna and six Saints. | |
234-237, 252-254. Panels of Life of Christ (in part). | |
240. Madonna. | |
243, 257, 258. Life of SS. Cosimo and Damiano. | |
246. Entombment. | |
250. Crucifixion, | |
251. Coronation of the Virgin. | |
265. Madonna and four Saints. | |
266. Last Judgment. | |
281. Madonna and eight Saints. | |
283. Pietà and Saints. | |
Florence.—„ Uffizi: | 17. Madonna with Angels and Saints, 1433. |
1162. Birth of St. John. | |
1178. Sposalizio. | |
1184. Death of the Virgin. | |
1290. Coronation of the Virgin. | |
Florence.—„ | Museum of S. Marco: Cloisters: Frescoes—St. Peter Martyr, St. Dominic, St. Thomas Aquinas, Christ as Pilgrim, Pietà. Chapter-House: Crucifixion and Saints. Corridor: Annunciation, St. Dominic at foot of the Cross, Madonna and Saints. Cells: 1. Noli me Tangere; 2. Entombment; 3. Annunciation; 4. Crucifixion; 5. Nativity; 6. Transfiguration; |