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112 THE FIFTEENTH CENTURY.- Chap. Y. art, but not entirely devoid of feeling. What their im mediate influence may have been at Urbino it is difficult to say. The grace, of which they were not entirely de prived, may have been appreciated by Giovanni Santi, but we seek in vain for the impression they may have made upon him. 1 A continuation of this imperfect development of pic torial qualities in Umbria may be found in the works of a second Lorenzo, also of S. Severino, who dis closes a change produced by the lapse of years, first of all in the expression of form, next in the style of drawing, the character, the drapery, and above all, the technical method of tempera. This artist is the author of three inscribed pictures, two of which bear his name and the dates 1481, 1483; and the third is certified by the name only. The first of these is in the sacristy of a church at Pausola near Macerata; 2 the second, a fresco, in the collegiate church of Sarnano. 3 The third, a panel, originally in S. Lucia at Fabriano, is in the Na tional Gallery. 4 They are all handled on the system of 1 Pungileoni, elogio stor. di Gio. Santi p. 4. 2 All’ Amatrice di S. Pietro e Paulo, sacristy. Tlie altarpiece is a triple gable, with the Virgin and child in the centre, and four an gels above her, between SS. John the Baptist and Mary Magdalen. In the points are the Ecce Homo between a male and female saint, on the step of the Virgin’s throne the words: Opus Laurentii de S. Severino. 1481“, and below, an in scription stating that the picture was ordered by Gcntilis and Gio vanni Marinas. The tempera is spare, hard and stippled, and fair ly preserved. 3 This is a sort of tabernacle in the arch of which the Virgin en throned holds the child between SS. Martin and John the Baptist, with a kneeling abbot near the latter. Above, the Eternal is at tended by three angels on each hand; and six similar figures are above the Madonna. In the span- drils are the Virgin and angel an nunciate . . In the sides, S. Se bastian, with a kneeling brother at his feet, and.S. Roch. Above each figure, an angel. This piece is in scribed: “hoc opus fee fieriAntonino Botius ah' as de Sarnano pro ejtis anima, et domini Guglielmi Fran- ciga sub anno domini 1483. Lau- rentius Severinas pinxit.’’ In the sacristy of the same church are the sides of an altarpiece, double- pointed arches, in which are SS. Peter, Paul, Benedict and Blasius, much injured and like a caricature of Alunno. 4 This picture (No. 249.Nat. gal. catal.) is a Marriage of S. Cathe rine of Sienna, with S. Demetrius of Spoleto kneeling on the left, inscribed: “Laurentius II. Severi nas pisit.”