378 THE FIFTEENTH CENTURY. Chap. XI. nicies of his flight from justice in 1535, and his conceal ment in a tomb, where he spent forty-eight hours in ter ror of his life and a prey to evil smells and vermin. He was outlawed, and restored to civil rights again, and had the luck, which he hardly deserved, of dying in his bed (circa 1540) at his own place of Viteccio. But all that remains to illustrate his art is an Ascension at the Academy of Sienna, once in the Chiesa dell’ Os- servanza, 1 a Visitation in the same gallery, removed from the church of Campiglia d’Orcia, 2 another in the Academy of Arts at Florence. 3 There is little to distinguish the flrst of these compositions from the usual one of the old period. The well-known want of compactness in arrange ment and of simplicity in movements in the Siennese are as conspicuous as the bony dryness of the forms, and the affectation resulting from an attempt to realize immediate decisive action. A light and washy colour helps to give the picture an impress easily recognised in the Visitations at Sienna and Florence, of which it is therefore unnecessary to speak further. Another Ascension at the Carmine of Sienna, if it be by Pacchiarotti to whom it is assigned, is the best attempt he ever made at that subject. The painter is determined that there shall be movement and passion in all his personages, and he tries to realize both by extraordinary pose, and by speaking gesture or strong expression; but with all the desire to produce these re joins the conspiracy of the Liber- tini and Popolani. 1531. Interpo ses in favour of a relative sen tenced to the stake for forgery. 1532. Works in the chapel of the compagnia di S. Giov. della morte. 1533. Captain of district of S. Marco. 1534. Joins the club of the Bardotti. 1535. His flight and concealment in a tomb; paints a triumphal arch at the coming of Charles the Fifth. 1539. Captain of Stalloreggi; paints the chapel of S. Giov. della morte, (17 lh Nov.) exiled. 1540 (Aug. 17 th ). Recalled. Dies. See com. Vas. XI. 194; VIII. 220; Doc. Sen. III. 40. 46. 7. 59. 84. 103; Della Valle, Lett. San. III. 317 and foil®; Gaye, Carteggio II. 116. 1 No. 328. Academy of Sienna (wood). * No. 315. Academy of Sienna (wood, in three parts). Visitation between SS. Michael and Francis. 3 No. 23. Academy of Arts. Ga- lerie des anciens Tableaux. Visi tation, with The kneeling SS.John the Baptist and Leonardo, erect, Anthony abbot, Anthony of Padua, Nicholas of Bari, and a Domi nican.