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.

		PAGE
List of Illustrations		[ix]
Bibliography		[xiii]
Genealogical Tree		[xv]
Chapter I.	His Life	[1]
II.	Development and Characteristics Of His Genius	[17]
III.	Earliest Works	[32]
IV.	Middle Period	[49]
V.	Orvieto	[63]
VI.	Later Paintings	[87]
VII.	Last Works	[98]
VIII.	Drawings	[107]
IX.	Pupils and General Influence	[111]
Chronological Table		[121]
Catalogue of Works		[131]
Index		[141]

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

		PAGE
Portrait of a Man	Gallery, Berlin	[Frontispiece]
Portrait of Signorelli	Museo del Duomo, Orvieto	[8]
The Deposition	Cathedral, Cortona	[10]
The Flagellation	Brera Gallery, Milan	[32]
Apostles	Santa Casa, Loreto	[34]
The Incredulity of S. Thomas	Santa Casa, Loreto	[36]
The Conversion of Saul	Santa Casa, Loreto	[36]
Madonna and Saints	Cathedral, Perugia	[38]
The Circumcision	National Gallery, London	[40]
Pan	Gallery, Berlin	[42]
Madonna	Uffizi, Florence	[44]
Madonna and Saints	Pitti, Florence	[46]
Holy Family	Rospigliosi Gallery, Rome	[46]
Holy Family	Uffizi, Florence	[48]
The Annunciation	Cathedral, Volterra	[50]
The Annunciation	Uffizi, Florence	[52]
The Crucifixion	Santo Spirito, Urbino	[54]
Miracle of S. Benedict	Monte Oliveto	[56]
Miracle of S. Benedict	Monte Oliveto	[58]
Saints	Gallery, Berlin	[60]
Holy Family	Gallery, Berlin	[60]
The Crucifixion	Municipio, Borgo San Sepolero	[62]
Portraits of Signorelli and Fra Angelico	Cathedral, Orvieto	[64]
Patriarchs	Cathedral, Orvieto	[68]
The Preaching and Fall of Antichrist	Cathedral, Orvieto	[70]
The Crowning of the Elect	Cathedral, Orvieto	[72]
Subjects from Dante	Cathedral, Orvieto	[74]
Heaven	Cathedral, Orvieto	[76]
Hell	Cathedral, Orvieto	[76]
The Damnation	Cathedral, Orvieto	[78]
The Resurrection	Cathedral, Orvieto	[80]
Signs of Destruction	Cathedral, Orvieto	[82]
Madonna and Saints	Brera, Milan	[90]
Dead Christ upheld by Angels	S. Niccolò, Cortona	[92]
The Adoration of the Magi	Jarvis Collection, New Haven, U.S.A.	[94]
Madonna and Saints	Mancini Collection, Città di Castello	[98]
The Deposition	Santa Croce, Umbertide	[100]
Madonna, Saints, and Prophets	Gallery, Arezzo	[102]
Study of Nude Figure	Louvre, Paris	[108]
Magdalen at the Foot of the Cross	Academy, Florence	[111]
Tiberius Gracchus	Gallery, Buda-Pesth	[116]

ERRATUM

Page 6 line 1, for "Pius II." read "Sixtus IV."

The Frontispiece and the illustrations facing pp. 40, 42, and 60 (2) are from photographs by Hanfstaengl (Munich), those facing pp. 46 (No. 2) and 68 by Anderson (Rome), that facing page 108 by A. Braun & Co. (Dornach and Paris), those facing pp. 94 and 116 from private photographs, and the remainder by Alinari (Florence).

BIBLIOGRAPHY.

Luca Signorelli. Vasari, con annotazione di Gaetano Milanesi. (Firenze, G. C. Sansoni, 1879.) Vol. iii.

Luca Signorelli und die Italienische Renaissance. Robert Vischer. (Leipzig, 1879.)

Luca Signorelli. Cavalcaselle e Crowe. (Le Monnier, 1898.) Vol. viii.

Über Leben, Wirken und Werke der Maler Andrea Mantegna und Luca Signorelli. G. F. Waagen. (Historisches Taschenbuch von Raumer.)

Luca Signorelli. Manni. (Racolta Milanese di vari opuscoli, 1756.) Vol. i.

Storia del Duomo di Orvieto. Padre della Valle, 1791.

Il Duomo di Orvieto. Ludovico Luzi, 1866.

Memorie Ecclesiastiche e civili di Città di Castello. Muzi, 1844.

Istruzione Storico. Giacomo Mancini, 1832.

Notizie ... sopra Luca Signorelli. Girolamo Mancini, 1867.

Guida dei Monumenti ... nella provincia dell'Umbria, Guardabassi. 1872.

FAMILY TREE OF THE SIGNORELLI FAMILY.

Ventura di Signorelli.

Luca.

Egidio = A sister of Lazzaro dei Taldi

(great-grandfather of Giorgio Vasari, the biographer).

Ventura.

LUCA = Galizia Carnesecca.

Polidoro (Painter and Builder).

Antonio
= 1. Nannina di Paolo di Forzore.

Pier Tommaso = Margherita di Vagnozzi.

Gabriella = Mariotto del Mazza.

Felicia = Luca della Bioscia.

2. Mattea di Domenico di Simone.

Bernardina.

Lucrezia = Domenico di Gilio (Banker.)

Francesco (Painter). = Felice Carrari.

Rosata = Mariotto di Felice Passerini.

Giulio.