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ST. SALVI. CENACOLO. Fresco, in the Refectory of the Convent, 4-62 x8'72 = 15 ft. 3 x 28.10. The arch over this fresco was painted 1515. The Last Supper, ordered 1519, was not begun till 1525. When finished, it was considered "la piu facile, la piu vivace di colorito e di disegno che facesse giamai pieno di grandezza, maesta, e grazia infinita" (Vas. v. 47). Del Sarto received for this work thirty-eight golden florins. The fresco suffered in the Inundations of 1557. The play of hands is particularly beautiful. There is a sketch in oils on panel in the library of Christ Church, Oxford, and in the Uffizi there are many studies for this exquisite work. Frame 157, Nos. 662, 663, 664, 669. Copies exist, by Bronzino, in Convent of St. Maria del Carmine, Florence ; and in Abbey of St. Astino, Bergamo ; also, by Sogliani, in village church of Anghiari, Tuscany. Engraved : Cruger, Chiari, Falcini, Joachim Cantini. PALAZZO GINORI, FLORENCE. ST. SEBASTIAN. Painted 1529. Wood. Half-length figure of the saint holding a bundle of arrows, " a little exaggerated in drawing and forms, and not quite certainly by Andrea, having more impasto than is usual with him." Crowe and Cavalcaselle. Vasari says that in his latter years Andrea painted for the company of St. Sebastian (behind Servite Church), their patron " tanto bello che ben parve che quelle avessero

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