Chap. XIIr. PLAUTILLA NELLI. 488 Caterina of Florence;—a lady who was born in 1523, and died in 1587 (Vas. IX. 6, 7, and annol.). We shall only mention one or two of her works, leaving the reader at his pleasure to go deeper into the matter in the pages of Vasari and Father Marchese. Florence. Academy of Arts. Salle des grands Tableaux. No. 74. Originally in Santa Caterina of Florence. The Marys and other saints wailing over the dead body of the Saviour (wood, oil, eight life size figures). The composition is fine, and perhaps an unused one of Fra Bartolommeo, but the execution is a caricature of that of the classic school, the females being the least objectionable. The colour is dull and opaque. Florence. Prince Corsini. Virgin, child, in a landscape, and a figure looking over the Virgin’s shoulder (named Plautilla Nelli), an exaggeration of the forms of the Frate, of a low reddish and raw tone. Berlin Museum. No. 250. Martha complains in the presence of Christ, Mary and Peter. This is falsely assigned to Plautilla Nelli being dated 1524, a year after her birth. It is a feeble piece of which the cartoon seems nevertheless by Fra Bartolommeo.