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Chap. XII. RAFFAELLINO DEL GARBO. 415 The career of Raffaellino del Garbo had some outward resemblance at first with that of Lorenzo di Credi, inas much as he served one master many years before ven turing on the enjoyment of his own independence. But, whereas Credi had the advantage of learning from Ver rocchio and da Vinci, del Garbo owed his education to the looser teaching of Filippino Lippi. He was Credi’s junior by a few years, having been christened Raffael- lino (di Bartolommeo, di Giovanni, di Niccolo Capponi) in 1466; and he remained with Filippino till at least 1490. 1 A tax-paper of 1498 exists in which he is described as living in the Popolo di Sta. Lucia sopr’ Arno, with a shop in the Popolo di Sta. Maria del Fiore, his income nil, his debts fortunately the same. 2 It is said that his youth gave promise of talents; that Filippino considered him in many things superior to- himself, and that the ceiling of the Caraffa chapel in Sta. Maria sopra Minerva at Rome was admired by every artist of the time for the beauty of its finish. Accepting this flattering picture of Raffaellino’s youth on the authority of Vasari, we are bound also to admit that his manhood was marked by unexpected mediocrity. 3 The recent discovery of records, proving Raffaellino’s descent from Niccolo Capponi, might connect him with the authorship of a Madonna and saints in the hospital of Sta. Maria Nuova of Florence, dated 1500, and signed 1 His birth is calculated from Vasari’s statement that he died in 152-1, aged 58. His name has been taken from cotemporary records by the annotators of Vasari (Tav. Alfab.). 2 Quartiere S. Spirito. Arroti del 1198. Quartiere S. Spirito. Gonfalono Scala. Rafaello da Bartolommeo dipintore, l’opolo di Santa Lucia sopr’Arno. Non 6 gravezza Sustanza nulla. Tengho a pigione da Torrigiano Torrigiani, Gonfalone Nicchio, una bottega a uso tienirsi l’abacho, posta in borgho Sco. Jachopo da primavia; a2 a ,elcecina, a3’, Arno, per pregio di fior. otto l’anno. Dipoi I’apigionb a Raffaello Canaci Gon ial®. Leo...perdettafior.otto. L’ho a tenere a tenere (sic) per insino a di 12 diMagip 1495 (sic) fior. 8. lar- ghi. Tengho a pigione una bot- tegha a uso di dipintore da Luca Rinieri Gonfal e Vaio, posta nel popolo di S“ Maria del Fiore, a prima via, a 2 a , Matteo de’ Servi, a 3 a , Giovanni da S.Miniato per pre gio di fior. 5 di sugello l’anno. Apariscene una scritta di mano di detto Lueha”. Favoured by Signor G°. Milanesi. 8 Vas. VII. 191.