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Rh made a citizen of Spoleto. Here Giovanni executed various works, as he did in all the other cities of Umbria: in Assisi more particularly, where he painted the altar-piece for the chapel of (Santa Caterina, in the lower church of San Francesco,! receiving the commission for this work from the Spanish Cardinal Egidio. Another picture by his hand is a San Damiano; and for the church of Santa Maria degli Angeli he painted certain half-length figures the size of life; these are in the small chapel, wherein San Francesco died: they represent some of the companions of St. Francis, with other saints, all depicted with great animation: in the centre of all is San Francesco himself, a work in rilievo.

But among all the disciples of Pietro here enumerated, Andrea Luigi of Assisi, called V Tngegno, deserves to be considered the best master: in his first youth this artist vied with RatFaello da Urbano, under the discipline of Pietro, who availed himself of L’ Ingegno’s assistance in all the more important works undertaken by him; as, for example, in the Andience-chamber of the Exchange in Perugia, where there are most beautiful pictures by his hand; in the works of Pietro executed for Assisi; and, finally, in the chapel of Pope Sixtus. In all these labours Andrea gave such decided proofs of his ability that he was expected to surpass his master by very much, and so, without doubt, he would have done, but that fortune, who is almost always