FLORENCE, CHAPTER-HOUSE OF SANTA MARIA MADDALENA DEI PAZZI.
The Crucifixion. This is a very large fresco in three compartments. Circa 1496.
In the centre is Our Lord upon the Cross, with Mary Magdalen kneeling. In the right division, St. John and St. Benedict. In the left, the Virgin and St. Bernard. Each division is framed by an archway of pillars.
There are studies in the Uffizi for the "Madonna," 251, 417; and for the "Christ on the Cross," 252, 400.
FLORENCE, CHURCH OF SS. ANNUNZIATA.
In the fifth chapel on the left is a Virgin and Child enthroned between St. John Baptist and St. Francis, much of which was probably painted by the pupils of Perugino.
There is a study for the St. Francis in the Uffizi, 254, 409.
In the seventh Chapel is an Assumption of the Virgin.
The Madonna is in a luminous mandorla of rays and surrounded by angels and cherubs, while below on the ground the apostles and holy women, who are gazing up into heaven.
There is a study for five of the apostles in the Uffizi, 257, 405.