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544 son with any that have- been produced in those parts by other masters.

Almost at the same time there was a sculptor in Milan, called Angelo, and who bore the surname of Ciciliano. This artist produced a work on the same side of the cathedral above-mentioned; this is no less beautiful than that of Cristofano, which stands near it; the work of Angelo is a figure representing Santa Maria Maddalena borne through the air by four Angels in the form of children; the size is that of the Adam and Eve by Cristofano. The last mentioned sculptor gave much attention to architecture as well as to sculpture, and among other works he commenced the portico of San Celso, in Milan, which was finished after his death by Tofano, called II Lombardino, who erected many churches and palaces in all parts of Milan, as we have already related in the Life of Giulio Romano; among these, the convent, church, and vestibule belonging to the nuns of Santa Caterina, and which is situate at the Porta Ticinese, may more particularly be mentioned; many other fabrics of similar character were also constructed by Tofano.

Silvio da Fiesole was also employed, by the intervention of Tofano. in the works of the above-mentioned cathedral, and among the stories in the life of Our Lady which decorate a door looking towards the north west, there is one by his hand, that namely which represents the Espousals of the Virgin, a very beautiful relief it is. The story of similar size which is opposite to this, represents the Marriage at Cana in Galilee, and is by the hand of Marco da Gra, a very