Peter Martyr) has a face full of silent
eloquence--he seems only waiting his turn to speak. In S. Sebastian we
have a good study from the nude, and in Mary Magdalen's kneeling
figure--a charming portrait of Lucrezia--is concentrated the principal
focus of colour.
9. _Four Saints_, SS. Gio. Battista, Gio. Gualberto, S. Michele,
and Bernardo Cardinale, a beautifully-painted picture, once in the
Hermitage of Vallombrosa. There were originally two little angels in
the midst dividing the saints, as in our illustration. When the picture
was transferred to the Gallery of the Belle Arti, where it now is, the
angels were taken out and the divided saints brought into a more
compact group. The angels are in a frame between two frescoed Madonnas
of Fra Bartolommeo.
By this time the fame of Andrea del Sarto, both as a fresco and oil
painter, had risen to the highest point. Michelangelo only echoed the
opinion of others when he said to Raphael, "There is a little fellow in
Florence who will bring the sweat to your brow if ever he is engaged in
great works." His style of composition was important, his figures
varied and life-like, his draperies dignified.
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