[90] See "Arch. Storico dell' Arte," 1893, p. 209.
[91] "De Sculptura," 1504, folio e. 1. On the other hand, the sculptor Verrocchio cast a bell for the Vallombrosans in 1474, and artillery for the Venetian Republic.
[92] Op. cit. p. 70. In this drawing two putti are also shown holding a shield, above the monument; this has now disappeared.
[93] The effigy is placed in a niche close to the great door of the Cathedral, put there "lest the memory of so distinguished a man should perish"—"Simulacrum ejus diu neglectum, ne tanti viri memoria penitus deleretur, Politiana pietas hic collocandum curavit anno MDCCCXV." The remainder consists of a frieze now incorporated in the high altar, on either side of which stand two caryatides. The Christ Blessing is close by. Two bas-reliefs are inserted into pillars opposite the effigy.
[94] "Letters," Florence ed. 1741, vol. ii. 45.
[95] Donatello worked there for eighteen months. See documents in Centofanti, p. 4, &c.
[96] "... Lapides albi et discolores ad cœruleum vergente specie." Strabo, "Geog.," 1807 ed., I. v. p. 314.
[97] Louvre, No. 216. Tomb of Philippe Pot, circa 1480.
[98] "Vita di Michael Angelo," Rome, 1553, p. 49.
[99] Victoria and Albert Museum, Charge to Peter. See [p. 95].