Chapter I: Front Matter

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The Great Masters in Painting and Sculpture Edited by G. C. Williamson

LUCA SIGNORELLI

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THE GREAT MASTERS IN PAINTING AND SCULPTURE.

_The following Volumes have been issued_

BERNARDINO LUINI. By GEORGE C. WILLIAMSON, Litt.D., Editor of the
Series.

VELASQUEZ. By R. A. M. STEVENSON.

ANDREA DEL SARTO. By H. GUINNESS.

LUCA SIGNORELLI. By MAUD CRUTTWELL. _December_ 1.

RAPHAEL. By H. STRACHEY. _January_ 1.

_In preparation._

CARLO CRIVELLI. By G. M'NEIL RUSHFORTH, M.A., Lecturer in Classics,
Oriel College, Oxford.

CORREGGIO. By SELWYN BRINTON, M.A., Author of "The Renaissance in
Italian Art."

FRA ANGELICO. By LANGTON DOUGLAS, M.A.

THE BROTHERS BELLINI. By S. ARTHUR STRONG, M.A., Librarian to the
House of Lords.

MICHAEL ANGELO. By CHARLES HOLROYD, Keeper of the National Gallery
of British Art.

TURNER. By CHARLES FRANCIS BELL, M.A., Deputy Keeper of the
Ashmolean Museum.

PERUGINO. By G. C. WILLIAMSON, Litt.D., Editor of the Series.

MEMLINC. By W. H. JAMES WEALE, late Keeper of the National Art
Library.

MURILLO. By MANUEL B. COSSIO, Litt.D., Ph. D., Director of the Musee
Pedagogique, Madrid.

REMBRANDT. By MALCOLM BELL.

_Others to follow._

LONDON: GEORGE BELL & SONS

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LUCA SIGNORELLI

by

MAUD CRUTTWELL

London George Bell & Sons 1899

"Pianga Cortona omai, vestasi oscura,
Che estinti son del Signorello i lumi;
Et, tu, Pittura, fa de gli occhi fuimi,
Che resti senza lui debile e scura."

_Epitaph composed at the time of his death_

"Il Cortonese Luca d'ingegno
E spirito pellegrino."

RIME DI GIOVANNI SANTI

PREFATORY NOTICE.

The references to Vasari, and Crowe and Cavalcaselle, are invariably to the latest editions, both in Italian: "Opere di Giorgio Vasari" (Firenze, G. C. Sansoni, 1879); "Cavalcaselle e Crowe" (Le Monnier, 1898).

The author desires to express her gratitude to Mr Bernhard Berensen, author of "Lorenzo Lotto," etc., for much help in her work.

FLORENCE, _October_ 1899.

CONTENTS

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LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS ix

BIBLIOGRAPHY xiii

GENEALOGICAL TREE xv