B-5. Knights at a Tournament. (24X24.) Round. Giotto di Bondone.
The frame is as ancient as the picture itself, of which it forms a part. It bears the arms of the Medici family. From the De Montor collection—engraved.
(Bryan Collection.)
B-6. Virgin and Child. (12½X8½.) Simone Memmi.
The head of the Virgin presents the same type as that exhibited in the portrait of Petrarch's Laura, painted by Memmi, which is in the Library of the Vatican. From the De Montor collection—engraved.
(Bryan Collection.)
B-7. The Last Judgment. (12½X8½.) Simone Memmi.
"Christ, with the cruciform halo, and the elliptical aureola, bordered with cherubim, appears in the heavens. Above, two angels, strangely enough colored entirely blue, sound the trumpet; below, the Virgin and St. John kneel upon the ground, from which rises the cross, on which two angels are looking. On the left, the elect, wearing crowns of gold, mount towards the sky, under the protection of a pitying spirit; on the right, the damned, covered with blood, are delivered to the demons by a minister of divine vengeance. Jesus himself wears a terrible expression. Michael Angelo is, therefore, not the first to have given him this menacing aspect. The general color of the picture pleases the eye by its extreme fineness: the Virgin and St. John by the beauty of their types." To this just and graphic description from the pen of M. Michiels, which appeared in the Gazette de France, it is needless to add anything more. From the De Montor collection.
(Bryan Collection.)
B-8. The Crucifixion. (8X21.) Taddeo Gaddi.
From the De Montor collection.
(Bryan Collection.)
B-9. St. Jerome, St. Dominic, and St. Francis of Assisi. (15X10.) Oval Top. Taddeo Gaddi.
The three Saints stand side by side. There is dignity in the attitudes and the draperies, and harmony in the color of this picture. From the De Montor collection.
(Bryan Collection.)