Calling of the Apostles (115): fresco, Sistine Chapel, Rome.
The Last Supper (88): fresco, Ognissanti, Florence.
St. John the Baptist (90): fresco, S. Maria Novella, Florence.
Zacharias Naming his Son (92): " " "
Birth of the Baptist (111): " " "
Angel appearing to Zacharias (132): " " "
Baptism of Christ (159): " " "
Expulsion of Joachim (171): " " "
Birth of the Virgin (172): " " "
Marriage of the Virgin (175): " " "
The Salutation (195): " " "
Massacre of the Innocents (196): " " "
Presentation in the Temple (226): " " "
[For a criticism of Ghirlandajo's frescoes in this church, see Ruskin's Mornings in Florence, pp. 25, 26.]
The Emperor Augustus and the Sibyl (84): fresco, S. Trinita, Florence.
Death of St. Francis of Assisi: fresco, S. Trinita, Florence.
Death of S. Fina (47): fresco, Cappella S. Fina, S. Gimignano.
Burial of S. Fina (158): " " "
Giorgione (see under 269).
Virgin and Child (9): altar-piece Castelfranco.
[This according to Ruskin, is one of the "two most perfect pictures in existence; alone in the world, as an imaginative representation of Christianity, with a monk and a soldier on either side, the soldier bearing the white cross of everlasting peace on the purple ground of former darkness."—Oxford Lecture, reported in Cook's Studies in Ruskin, p. 251. For a further description of the picture, see Stones of Venice, Travellers' edition, ii. pp. 177-179.]
Giotto (see under 568).
The Life of St. Francis (2, 95, 199-205, 215-220): frescoes, upper church of S. Francesco, Assisi.
The Virtues: frescoes, lower church of S. Francesco, Assisi.
[Here, in "the cradle of Florentine art," the young Giotto worked out his apprenticeship as a painter. For Ruskin's estimate of Giotto's work at Assisi, see Fors Clavigera for 1877.]