heart, and its power to conciliate all minds, can be fullj known to those only who have experienced it. Filippo was buried by his sons[1] in San Michele Bisdomini, on the 13th of April, 1505; and while the funeral procession was passing, all the shops in the Via de’ Servi were closed, as is done for the most part at the funerals of princes only.
Among the disciples of Filippo, none of whom equalled the excellence of their master by many degrees, was Raffaellino del Garbo, who performed many works, of which mention will be made in the proper place;[2] although he^did not justify the opinion formed and hopes conceived of him by Filippo in his life-time, and when Raffaellino was only a youth. But it is well known, that the fruits do not always fulfil the promise made by the blossoms which are seen in the spring; neither was Niccolb Zoccolo, or as others call him Niccolb Cartoni, who was also a disciple of Filippo, particularly distinguished in art; he painted the wall above the altar.of the church of San Giovanni Decollato, in the city of Arezzo, and a small picture in the church of Sant’ Agnesa, which was tolerably well executed. Over a lavatory, in the abbey of Santa Fiora, there is a picture by this artist, which represents Christ asking water to drink from the woman of Samaria. Niccolb executed many other works, but as they are of ordinary merit only, they need not be enumerated.[3]
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- ↑ The Italian commentators remark that the eldest son of Filippo could not have been more than seven years old, at the time of his father’s death, the latter not being married until the year 1497; but trie children, as the parties most deeply interested, might still be considered as chief mourners, which is all that Vasari need here be considered to mean.
- ↑ In the life of Raffaellino del Garbo, which follows.
- ↑ The Florentine edition of Vasari, published in 1772, declares the frescoes painted by Niccold, in the church of San Giovanni Decollato, to have been in existence at that time, as was also the picture of the Samaritan in Santa Flora, The picture in Sant’ Agnesa has long been lost
