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In Italy. 387 Descent from the Cross, is in the church of the Trinita de' Monti, at Rome. (c) The Florentine School of the 16th Century. We may conveniently here mention a few painters who upheld Florentine art during part of the sixteenth century. Andrea d'Agnolo, commonly called del Sarto (1487 — 1531), a cotemporary of Michelangelo, attained to considerable excellence as a colourist, and enriched Florence with many fine original frescoes and altar-pieces, of which the History of 8. John in the Scalzo, and the Life of S. Filippo Benizzi in the church of the Servi (which contains his famous Madonna del Sacco) are among the best. The National Gallery contains a portrait of himself and a Holy Family. He was first apprenticed to a goldsmith ; and then studied painting under Piero di Cosimo. His style, however, was formed more from a study of the great works of Ghirlandaio and Masaccio, of Michelangelo and Leonardo, than from any instruction received from Piero. Francesco Bigi, commonly known as Franciabigio (1482 — 1525), first studied in the Brancacci Chapel, and then under Albertinelli. He was a friend of Andrea del Sarto, and was influenced by him. A Portrait of a Youth, by him, is in the National Gallery. Jacopo Carucci, called da Puntormo (1494 — 1556), was a pupil of Leonardo, of Piero di Cosimo, and of Andrea del Sarto : he is famous for his portraits ; an example is in the National Gallery, where his pupil, Angiolo Allori, called Bronzino (1502 — 1572), may also be studied. He was greatly influenced in his painting by Michelangelo, and was moreover the friend of the famous Florentine painter c c 2