264 EARLY CHRISTIAN ART. Chap. IX. “Hanc tius . . . . S. Agne triumphal. . Orbis Dominicus Lion, ego nunc supplex arte pre- po..itam dono tabellam.” The subject is the annunciation with a miniature figure of Domenico Lion at the Virgin’s feet, the Saviour in benediction and" figures of saints in the upper courses; and a record, preserved by Zanetti, states the cost of it to have been three hundred ducats of gold. A better, indeed the best, picture of Lorenzo is an altarpiece in the Museo Correr at Venice representing the Saviour enthroned in the midst of the apostles and giving the keys to S. Peter. Angels fly about the Redeemer’s head- On the border, the following words may be read: “MCCCLXVIIII mense Januarii. Laurentiu pinxit.” Here is a production executed with a certain power as regards colour, of excessively fused tones and entirely varnished with a lustrous fluid containing no doubt a mixture of wax. The Saviour’s mien might almost be called noble, but the forms and draperies are obviously reminiscent of the period preceding the Florentine revival. Two pictures of 1371 by Lorenzo are preserved. One is a series of figures representing S.S. Peter, Mark, John, James, Nicolas and S. Lawrence, 1 with the following on the borders beneath the two first mentioned: “MCCCLXXI mense Novemb. Laurent, pinxit.” the second an annunciation 2 formerly in the school of S. Giovanni Evangelista inscribed: “MCCCLXXI Laurent, pinsit.” Both are in the Academy of arts at Venice. The Campana collection now in Paris contains a picture, one year later in date than the foregoing, with the subject of the Virgin enthroned, inscribed: “MCCCLXXII mense Septemb. Laurentius de Venetiis pinxit.” The heads, however, are repainted. It may be remembered that in a chapel of S. Jacopo 1 Academy of Arts at Venice. Sala XI. Nos. 373—5, 391—3. 2 Same place. No. 389.
