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Rh Among the works of this artist is one representing Women bathing, the original drawing of which, by Luca’s own hand, is in our book.

Leonardo, called Pistoja because he belonged to that city, was a disciple of Giovanni Francesco; he executed certain works in Lucca, and took numerous portraits from the life in Rome: at Naples also, he painted a picture representing the story of St. Stephen for Diomede Caratfa, Bishop of Ariano, who is now a cardinal; this work is in the church of San Domenico, and in a chapel which belongs to the above-named prelate. In Monte Oliveto also, Leonardo painted a picture, which was placed on the high altar, but was removed thence, to make way for one of similar invention, by the hand of the Aretine, Giorgio Vasari. This artist gained large sums of money from those Neapolitan nobles, but he did not accumulate anything, because he spent all quite as rapidly as he obtained it, and finally died, leaving the reputation of having been a good colourist, but not that of a master distinguished for excellence in design.

Giovan Francesco lived forty years, and his works were performed about the year 1512. The friend of the last named artist, and like himself a disciple of Raphael, was Pellegrino da Modena, who had acquired the name of a good master in his native place,