and cattle, with gardens, and various objects of a similar kind; some being diverted towards the sea by certain barks, laden with merchandize, and others, in fine, towards tables, whereat money-changers were seated; all these things were depicted by Matteo Lappoli with judgment, ability, and great care; but they were destroyed no long time after, when a chapel was constructed in that place. Beneath the pulpit of the capitular church, the same artist painted Christ bearing his Cross, for Messer Leonardo Albergotti.[1]
An Aretine monk, of the Servites, who painted the façade of the Belichini Palace in Arezzo, was also a disciple of the abbot of San Clemente, and there are two chapels in the church of San Pietro, one beside the other, both painted in fresco by the same monk.[2]
Domenico Pecori, of Arezzo, was another disciple of Don Bartolommeo; and a picture in tempera, at San Sargiano, comprising three figures, is by his hand,[3] as is likewise a Gonfalon or Standard, painted in oil, to be carried in procession by the brotherhood of Santa Maria Maddalena, a very fine work: for Messer Presentino Bisdomini, Domenico painted a figure of Sant’ Apollonia, similar to that above-named, to be placed in the chapel of Sant’ Andrea, in the capitular church.[4] He likewise completed many works left unfinished by his master, as for example, the picture of San Sebastian and Fabiano. in San Piero, executed for the Benucci family.[5] This artist also painted the picture of the High Altar in the church of Sant’ Antonio, a Virgin, namely, of most devout aspect, with several Saints; and as Our Lady is in the act of adoring the Divine Child, which she holds in her lap, the master has depicted a little Angel kneeling behind her, who upholds the Infant on a cushion, the Madonna not being able to support him, because she is
- ↑ This work had disappeared when Bottari wrote (1759).
- ↑ These works have perished.
- ↑ This picture is lost.
- ↑ The Sant’ Apollonia is also lost. The reader will find the legend of his “Virgin and Martyr” in the before-cited work of Mrs. Jameson.' — Poetry of Sacred and Legendary Art, vol. ii, p. 195, et seq.
- ↑ This picture was removed from the church of San Pietro in the last century, and was taken to the church of Campriano, outside Arezzo.—Ed. Fior., 1832.
