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head and the left leg below the calf; those to the right and left being deprived of an arm each. Raphael sketched two of them, treating the form with a certain freedom, but copying the movement exactly in the sketch-book now at Venice; 1 at a later period he produced the three Graces, now at Dudley House, on the antique model. It is thus probable that Raphael and Pinturicchio were at Sienna together in 1503, and that they had parted before the frescos of the walls were undertaken. That these were only finished later, is shown by the frequent reproduction of the Piccolomini arms, either with the tiara, or with the cognizance of Castile and Arragon, granted by the two Kings, Ferdinand and Henry, to Giacomo and Andrea, the brothers of Pius the Third. The Piccolomini library is fairly preserved, though slightly retouched in some places and discoloured in others. It is one of the few halls in Italy that has re tained its original character. Each fresco is enclosed in an arch, the vaulting of which is seen in perspective, supported on Active clustered pillars with capitals of gilt stucco, resting on plinths. The pictui’es are gracefully united by angels supporting scutcheons on the plinths; and in spite of their coarseness in consequence of the execution being left to assistants, they add much to the unity and harmony of the whole series. The best com posed fresco of the ten, is that of iEneas and Cardinal Capranica proceeding to the council of Basle, in which Piccolomini on horseback in front is conspicuous. Great care is lavished on its foreground of herbs and flowers. 2 The embassy before James the First is richly put to gether, and more than usually characteristic of Pintu ricchio in the minute detail of the landscape behind the throne and screen. Some of the faces and even whole 1 I. e. now in the collection of drawings at the Venice Academy. * This fresco .is fairly preserved. Parts of the/sea and distance are retouched, as well as. the green sleeve of the man holding the lance. The execution is, according tocontract, fresco retouched when dry.