312 THE FIFTEENTH CENTURY. Chap. IX. when he worked there, his style was in its prime and of the fullest breadth. 1 In the Coronation, which he completed immediately after 1511 on the model of that of Todi, for the Fran ciscans of S. Martino near Trevi, he repeated many saints in reversed position, as he had learned to do in the school of Perugino, and he reduced the total number of person ages considerably. He placed a very graceful Magdalen and S. Catherine at the sides of the foreground, and in the distance a view of the convent and church of S. Francesco at Assisi as seen from the mill on the old road from Sterpeto to the sanctuary. His drawing and colour on panel remain unchanged. 2 A more successful production of the same period is the fresco of the Assumption, dated 1512, in the dead-house of the convent. It is far less crowded than the Corona tions, and abler in conception and design. The Virgin in her almond-shaped halo stands in a grand and natural attitude and the cherubs in the glory are worthy of Peru gino. Two angels in prayer at her sides would bo charm ing, were the long stiff frames lined out with grace equal to that of the heads. As it is, the stiffness strikes one as akin to that of the planets in Perugino’s ceiling at the Cambio of Perugia. SS. Jerom, John the Baptist, 1 The Eternal, tinder life size, is broadly treated, as likewise the fleshy form of the crucified Redeemer. There is some heavi ness in the proportions, which are however correct. The drapery is festooned. The flesh stippled over verde, of a reddish tinge. A 8. Bernardino da Feltre on panel in the interior of the convent of Monte Santo is less able. This is a panel about two feet high, split vertically down the middle. The saint holds a banner on which one reads: “cura illius ab Mons Pietat”. The painting is a little flat and hard. * The upper glory of this Coro nation is dimmed by time and dust. Two angels flying at the sides of the canopy are repeated from those of Todi. The frame is not filled with saints, but with arabesques. Two rounds in the spandrils of the arched portion contain the Virgin and the angel annunciate. Up till quite lately two pieces of the pre- della (wood,oil, 2 feet by 15inches) were above the door in the church choir. They represented S. Fran cis receiving the stigmata with the attendant friar (figures with long frames and small heads), and S. Martin sharing his cloak with the beggar. These pieces were missing at a later visit. The altar piece is of the same size as that of i Todi, and of the same period.
