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the gate of San Gallo, for Ludovico Capponi, with a figure of Our Lady, which has been very highly extolled.

The death of Raphael then took place, when Giulio Romano and Giovan Francesco, who had been his disciples, remained for a long time together, and together completed the works which were left unfinished by Raphael; more particularly such as he had commenced in the Vigna of the Pope, with those in the great hall of the Palace, wherein are depicted by these two masters events from the history of Constantine, with figures of great beauty, executed with infinite, skill and in an excellent manner: it is true, that the invention and sketches of these stories proceeded in part from the hand of Raphael.

While these works were in course of execution, the distinguished painter, Perino del Vaga, took the sister of Giovan Francesco to wife, for which cause these two last-named artists subsequently executed many works in company, but Giulio and Giovan Francesco also continued to labour together; and, among other works, they jointly executed a picture in two parts, representing the Assumption of Our Lady, which was sent to Monteluci, near Perugia: other pictures and works of various kinds by the same artists were in like manner despatched to other places.

Having at a later period received a commission from Pope Clement VII., to paint a picture similar to that of Raphael, which is in San Pietro-a-Montorio, and which His Holiness