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  • Acknowledgements
  • Text
    • Preface to the Text
    • Chapters with notes
    • Chapter I. Florence, The Earliest Years, to 1513
    • Chapter II. Florence, 1513–1519
    • Chapter III. Florence, Piombino, Volterra, 1519–1521
    • Chapter IV. Florence, 1521–1524
    • Chapter V. Rome, 1524–1527
    • Chapter VI. Perugia, Borgo Sansepolcro, Città di Castello, Pieve S. Stefano, Arezzo, Venice, 1527–1530
    • Chapter VII. Paris and Fontainebleau, 1530–1536
    • Chapter VIII. Fontainebleau, The Gallery of Francis I, 1531–1539
    • Chapter IX. Paris and Fontainebleau, 1536–1538
    • Chapter X. Paris and Fontainebleau, the Final Years, 1538–1540
  • Catalogues
    • Preface to the Catalogues
    • Paintings
      • Preface
      • P.1 Portrait of a Young Woman as Mary Magdalen
      • P.2A,B (COPIES) Madonna and Child with St. John the Evangelist
      • P.3 Assumption of the Virgin
      • P.4 Angel Playing a Lute
      • P.5 Madonna and Child with Saints
      • P.6 Portrait of a Young Man with a Letter
      • P.7 Holy Family with the Young St. John the Baptist
      • P.8 Portrait of a Young Man
      • P.9 Deposition
      • P.10 Madonna and Child with St. John the Baptist and St. Bartholomew
      • P.11 St. John the Baptist in the Wilderness
      • P.12 Madonna and Child with Ten Saints
      • P.13 Marriage of the Virgin
      • P.14 Moses Killing the Egyptian and Defending the Daughters of Jethro
      • P.15 Rosso (VARIANT COPY) Rebecca and Eliezer
      • P.16 Portrait of a Man with a Helmet
      • P.17 Creation of Eve & Fall of Adam and Eve
      • P.18 Dead Christ Attended by Four Angels (Pietà)
      • P.19 Pietà
      • P.20 Christ in Glory
      • P.21 Portrait of a Seated Young Man
      • P.22. Gallery of Francis I
        • P.22 Documents & Summary
        • Construction of the Gallery, Documents
        • Decoration of the Gallery
        • Woodwork in the Gallery
        • Summary on the Construction and Decoration of The Gallery of Francis I
        • Introduction to the Gallery Catalogue
        • Views of the Gallery
        • P.22 I North: Venus and Minerva
        • P.22 I South: Combat of Centaurs and Lapiths
        • P.22 II North: Education of Achilles
        • P.22 II South: Loss of Perpetual Youth
        • P.22 III North: Revenge of Nauplius
        • P.22 III South: Death of Adonis and the Funeral of Hector
        • P.22 IV North: Entrance Wall of The North Cabinet & The North Cabinet
        • P.22 IV South: Planned South Cabinet, The Nymph of Fontainebleau and The Danaë
        • P.22 V North: The Twins of Catania
        • P.22 V South: Cleobis and Biton
        • P.22 VI North: Royal Elephant
        • P.22 VI South: Unity of the State
        • P.22 VII North: Scene of Sacrifice
        • P.22 VII South: Enlightenment of Francis I
        • P.22 East Wall
        • P.22 West Wall
        • P.22 Tapestries
        • P.22 Literature on the Gallery
        • Summary on the Gallery of Francis I
      • P.23 Pietà
      • P.24 Madonna and Child with St. Anne and St. John the Baptist
    • Architecture
      • Preface
      • A.1. The Gallery of Francis I
      • A.2. Exterior Staircase (Destroyed) and Portico
      • A.3. Rosso? Tour du Jardin
      • A.4. Rosso? Chapel of Saint Saturnin and The Chapelle Haute du Roi
    • Drawings
      • Preface
      • D.1 Disputation of the Angel of Death and the Devil (Allegory of Death and Fame)
      • D.2 Disputation Between Two Old Men (St. Paul and St. Peter?)
      • D.3 (COPY?) St. Paul the Hermit
      • D.4 Study for an Altarpiece
      • D.5 Standing Nude Woman
      • D.6 Virtù Vanquishing Fortune
      • D.7 Standing Male Nude
      • D.8 (COUNTERPROOF) Head of a Bearded Old Man
      • D.9 Seated Male Nude
      • D.10 Seated Nude Woman
      • D.11 Seated Woman in Niche
      • D.12 Nude with a Standard
      • D.13 St. Roch Distributing His Inheritance to the Poor
      • D.14A, B (COPIES) St. Roch Visiting the Plague-Stricken
      • D.15 (COPY) The Angel of God Appearing to St. Roch
      • D.16 Standing Bearded Nude with a Fillet Binding His Hair
      • D.17-18 Gods in Niches
      • D.19 Standing Nude Youth
      • D.20 Profile Head of a Young Woman
      • D.21 (COPY) Standing Nude Youth Seen from the Back
      • D.22 (COPY) Seated Nude Youth Seen from the Back
      • D.23 (COPY?) Bishop Saint Resuscitating a Youth
      • D.24 Copy of Michelangelo’s David-Apollo
      • D.25 Ideal Bust of a Woman
      • D.26A Reclining Male Nude
      • D.26B Two Feet of a Kneeling Figure, and a Left Hand
      • D.27A, B (COPIES) Four Seated Women
      • D.28 Study for the Lower Half of the Christ in Glory
      • D.29 Study for the Lower Half of the Christ in Glory
      • D.30 (COPY?) Allegory of the Immaculate Conception
      • D.31-34 Preface to Lagrime Project, Arezzo
      • D.31 (COPY) Allegory of the Immaculate Conception
      • D.32 Allegory of the Immaculate Conception
      • D.33A, B (COPIES?) Allegory of the Virgin as the Ark of the Covenant and/or as the “Scala Coeli”
      • D.34 Throne of Solomon
      • D.35 Madonna della Misericordia
      • D.36 Standing Apostle
      • D.37 Design for a Chapel with an Altarpiece of the Gathering of Manna
      • D.38 Design for an Altar in S. Maria delle Lagrime, Arezzo
      • D.39 (COPY?) Allegory of the Immaculate Conception
      • D.40A (COPY?) Last Supper
      • D.40B (COPY) Christ in Limbo
      • D.41 Apollo Proclaiming His Victory to the Gods
      • D.42 Mars and Venus
      • D.43 Annunciation
      • D.44 (COPY) Narcissus
      • D.45 St. Jerome
      • D.46A, B (COPIES ) Vertumnus And Pomona
      • D.47 Ornamental Panel
      • D.48 St. Denis (Dionysius The Areopagite) in a Niche
      • D.49 (COPY) Design for a Candlestick
      • D.50A-D (COPIES) Scene of Sacrifice (First Version)
      • D.51 (REVERSED COPY) Scene of Sacrifice (First Version, Slightly Revised)
      • D.52 (COPY) Dance of the Dryads
      • D.53 (COPY) Education of Achilles
      • D.54A-F (COPIES) Royal Elephant
      • D.55 (COPY) Unity Of The State
      • D.56 (COPY) Allegory of Deceit
      • D.57 (COPY) Design for the Stucco Frame of an Oval Picture
      • D.58A, B (COPIES) The Funeral of Hector
      • D.59 (COPY) Revenge of Nauplius
      • D.60 (COPY) Twins of Catania
      • D.61A, B, C (COPIES) Enlightenment of Francis I
      • D.62 (COPY) Naval Battle in a Port
      • D.63A, B (COPIES) Death of Adonis
      • D.64 (COPY) Scene of Sacrifice (Final Version)
      • D.65A, B, C (COPIES) Scene of Sacrifice (Final Version)
      • D.66 (COPY) Contest of Athena and Poseidon
      • D.67 Pandora and Her Box
      • D.68 Seated Male Nude
      • D.69 (COPY) Francis I Adoring the Enthroned Virgin and Child
      • D.70 Martyrdom of Sts. Marcus and Marcellinus
      • D.71A, B, C (COPIES) Pietà
      • D.72 Allegory on the Birth of Christ
      • D.73 Design for a Gilt Silver Cantoral Baton for Notre Dame, Paris
      • D.74 Leda and the Swan, after Michelangelo
      • D.75A, B, C (COPIES) Holy Family in a Cartouche
      • D.76A Apollo holding a Lyre and the Skin of Marsyas
      • D.76B (COPY?) Cephalus And Procris In Two Niches
      • D.77 (COPY) Pandora Adorned by Aphrodite and the Hours
      • D.78 Dream of Hercules
      • D.79 Reclining Nude Woman
      • D.80 Empedocles – St. Roch
      • D.81 Design for a Tomb
      • D.82 (COPY) Holy Family with St. Anne
      • D.83 (COPY) Annunciation
      • D.84 Judith and Holofernes
      • D.85 The Visitation or Vertumnus and Pomona?
    • Prints
      • Preface
      • CHERUBINO ALBERTI
      • E.1 Adoration of the Magi
      • E.2 Stoning of St. Stephen
      • E.3 Agony in the Garden
      • E.4 Altar
      • DOMENICO DEL BARBIERE
      • E.5 Fame
      • JACOB BINK
      • E.6, 1-20 Gods in Niches
      • GEORGE BOBA
      • GIULIO BONASONE
      • RENÉ BOYVIN
      • E.7 Judith with the Head of Holofernes
      • E.8 St. Paul and St. Peter
      • E.9 Rape of Europa
      • E.10 Saturn and Philyra
      • E.11 Twins of Catania
      • E.12 Enlightenment of Francis I
      • E.13 Contest of Athena and Poseidon
      • E.14 Cephalus & Procris in Two Niches
      • E.15 Madonna and Child with a Book
      • E.16 Empedocles
      • E.17 Dream of Hercules
      • GIAN JACOPO CARAGLIO
      • E.18 Fury
      • E.19-24 Labors and Adventures of Hercules
      • E.25 Challenge of the Pierides
      • E.26-45 Gods in Niches
      • E.46-47 Loves of the Gods
      • E.48 Battle of the Romans and the Sabines
      • AGOSTINO CARRACCI
      • LÉON DAVENT
      • E.49 DELAUNE, Narcissus
      • E.50 Scene of Sacrifice
      • E.51 MARCO DENTE, Disputation of the Angel of Death and the Devil
      • JACQUES I ANDROUET DU CERCEAU
      • E.52, 1-6 Labors of Hercules
      • E.53 Challenge of the Pierides
      • E.54, 1-20 Gods in Niches
      • E.55, 1-3 Grands Cartouches de Fontainebleau, First Set
        • E.55,1 Sacrifice of a Bull at the Right
        • E.55,2 Sacrifice of a Ram in the Center
        • E.55,3 Female Satyr at the Left and Male Satyr at the Right
      • E.56, 1-8 Grands Cartouches de Fontainebleau, Second Set
        • E.56,1 Embracing Children Flanking a Blank Square
        • E.56,2 Two Heavily Draped Slouching Figures
        • E.56,3 Putto Holding an F in Reverse above a Blank Circle
        • E.56,4 Triads of Female Terms Flanking an Oval
        • E.56,5 Vertical Cartouche with Putti
        • E.56,6 Child Playing Two Horns Framing a Blank Circle
        • E.56,7 Satyrs Framing an Oval
        • E.56,8 Old Bearded Man in a Niche to the Left of a Blank Square
      • E.57, 1-11 Petits Cartouches de Fontainebleau
        • E.57,1 Framing an Upright Blank Oval
        • E.57,2 Two Heavily Draped Slouching Figures Above Framing a Small Blank Square
        • E.57,3 Priest-Herms Framing a Blank Rectangle
        • E.57,4 Reclining Woman Holding Her Breast
        • E.57,5 Large Female Nude at the Left
        • E.57,6 Putto Holding an F in Reverse Above a Blank Circle
        • E.57,7 Vertical Cartouche with Putti Riding Winged Horses Below Framing a Small Blank Central Oval
        • E.57,8 Satyrs Framing a Blank Rectangle
        • E.57,9 Two Old Bearded Men Framing a Blank Rectangle
        • E.57,10 Satyrs Framing an Oval
        • E.57,11 Nude Woman Holding Her Breasts at the Right
      • E.58 Two Caryatids and a Term
      • E.59 Design for the Decoration of a Cup or Bowl
      • E.60 Apollo holding a Lyre
      • E.61 Diana Shooting with Her Bow
      • ANTONIO FANTUZZI
      • E.62 Vertumnus and Pomona
      • E.63 Cartouche: Satyrs Framing an Oval View of a Port
      • E.64 Cartouche: Priest-Herms Framing a Landscape
      • E.65 Royal Elephant
      • E.66 Unity of the State
      • E.67 Cartouche: Nude Woman holding Her Breasts
      • E.68 Fortune giving Drink to a Young Prince
      • E.69 Cartouche: Triads of Female Terms
      • E.70 Cartouche Framing a Landscape
      • E.71 Revenge of Nauplius
      • E.72 Funeral of Hector
      • E.73 Cartouche: Two Old Bearded Men Framing a View of a Port City
      • E.74 Enlightenment of Francis I
      • E.75 Cartouche: Satyrs Framing a Landscape
      • E.76 Death of Adonis
      • E.77 Scene of Sacrifice
      • E.78 Contest of Athena and Poseidon
      • E.79 Pandora and Her Box
      • E.80 Pietà
      • E.81 Allegory on the Birth of Christ
      • E.82 Vertical Cartouche with Putti
      • E.83 Cartouche: Two Sleeping Putti Above Framing a Blank Circle
      • E.84 Cartouche: Child Playing Two Horns Framing a Blank Circle
      • E.85 Cartouche: Child Playing Two Horns Framing a Landscape in a Circle
      • E.86 Cartouche: Two Heavily Draped Slouching Figures
      • E.87 Cartouche: Reclining Nude Woman holding Her Breast
      • E.88 Right Half of a Cartouche Framing a Landscape in a Half-Circle and Another in a Full Circle
      • E.89 ANTOINE GARNIER, Revenge of Nauplius
      • LÉONARD LIMOSIN
      • E.90 Annunciation
      • E.91 Nativity
      • E.92 Entry into Jerusalem
      • E.93 Last Supper
      • E.94 Agony in the Garden
      • E.95 Kiss of Judas
      • E.96 Christ Sent Away by Herod
      • E.97 Resurrection
      • MELCHIOR LORCK (LORICHS)
      • E.98 MASTER I.♀.V., St. Paul and St. Peter
      • E.99 Cartouche Framing a Standing Draped Woman
      • E.100 Allegory on the Birth of Christ
      • MASTER L.D.
      • E.101 MASTER NDB, Holy Family With St. Anne Set Within A Frame
      • JEAN MIGNON
      • PIERRE MILAN
      • E.102 Dance of the Dryads
      • E.103 Nymph of Fontainebleau in a Frame
      • E.104 Three Fates, Costume Designs
      • E.105 Three Fates, Nude
      • BATTISTA ANGOLO DEL MORO
      • E.106 OSELLO, St. Roch
      • GIOVANNI BATTISTA PITTONI
      • CESARE REVERDINO
      • JACQUES PREVOST
      • E.107 ROTA, Christ in a Niche
      • E.108 NIKOLAUS SOLIS, Three Fates, Nude
      • VIRGIL SOLIS
      • AGOSTINO VENEZIANO
      • E.109 Disputation of the Angel of Death and the Devil
      • E.110 VICO, Challenge of the Pierides
      • E.111 Nine Daughters of Pierus
      • E.112 ZENOI, Enlightenment of Francis I
      • ANONYMOUS PRINTS
      • E.113, 1-6 Labors of Hercules
      • E.114 A-D Labors of Hercules
      • E.115-122 Gods in Niches
      • E.123-129 Loves of the Gods
      • E.130 Mars and Venus
      • E.131-132 Mars and Venus
      • E.133 Annunciation
      • E.134 Narcissus
      • E.135-136 Dance of the Dryads
      • E.137 Nymph of Fontainebleau
      • E.138 Venus and Minerva
      • E.139 Two Groups of Three Putti
      • E.140 Allegorical Scene of Rage and Madness
      • E.141 Victory
      • E.142 Twins of Catania
      • E.143 Caritas Romana
      • E.144 Caritas Romana
      • E.145 Cartouche: Roundels Framing a Standing Draped Woman
      • E.146 Saturn and Philyra
      • E.147 Draped Youth Leaning on a Block at the Left
      • E.148 Birth of Venus
      • E.149 Oval Cartouche Framing Mars and Venus Viewed by Vulcan
      • E.150 Allegory on the Birth of Christ
      • E.151 Apollo holding a Lyre
      • E.152 Venus and Cupid
      • E.153 Holy Family in a Cartouche
      • E.154-155 Three Fates, Nude
      • E.156 Christ in a Niche I
      • E.157 Christ in a Niche II
      • E.158 Christ in a Niche III
      • E.159 Cartouche: Two Groups of Three Cherubs
      • E.160 Figure Costumed as Hercules
      • E.161 Holy Family with St. Anne
      • E.162 Holy Family with St. Anne
      • E.163 Cupid Sleeping Upon a Garland of Fruit Suspended from Two Lions’ Heads
    • Lost Works
      • Preface
      • L.1 Drawings after Masaccio’s Frescoes in the Brancacci Chapel
      • L.2 Part of the Predella of Andrea del Sarto’s San Gallo Annunciation
      • L.3 Drawings after Michelangelo’s Cartoon of The Battle of Cascina
      • L.4 Dead Christ
      • L.5 Rosso? Coats-of-Arms of Pope Leo X and Giuliano De’Medici
      • L.6 Rosso? Work on a Wax Effigy of Giuliano De’Medici
      • L.7 Two Coats-of-Arms of Fra Aurelio d’Arezzo, The General of the Servites
      • L.8 The Arms of Cardinal Lorenzo Pucci
      • L.9 The Arms of Leo X
      • L.10 Possible Studies for an Unexecuted Fresco at SS. Annunziata, Florence
      • L.11. Madonna and Child with standing Male Saint holding a staff at the Left and St. Catherine of Alexandria at the right, and Other Saints?, possibly The Mystic Marriage of St. Catherine, with an Angel playing a Lute in the center below.
      • L.12 Triumphal Arch Dedicated to Hope
      • L.13 Decoration of the Custom Officer’s Station and of the Area between the Porta San Gallo and the forward Gate (Antiporta) related to the Triumphal Arch erected for the Return Entry of Pope Leo X into Florence, 22 December 1515.
      • L.14A Pictures and Portraits in Florentine Houses
      • L.14B Rosso? Self-Portrait as a Young Man
      • L.14C Rosso? Portrait
      • L.14D Rosso? St. John The Baptist
      • L.15 Dead Christ, altarpiece of the Chapel of the Confraternity of the Corpus Christi
      • L.16 A Small Chapel
      • L.17 Visitation with Mary Magdalen and King David
      • L.18 Rosso? Decoration of Rooms in Collaboration with Parmigianino
      • L.19 Beheading of St. John the Baptist
      • L.20 Adoration of the Magi
      • L.21 Adoration of the Magi
      • L.22 Resurrection
      • L.23 Model for the Fresco Project for the Church of S. Maria delle Lagrime, Arezzo
      • L.24 Two Drawings for the Fresco Project for the Church of S. Maria delle Lagrime, Arezzo
      • L.25 Drawing of Nudes for the Fresco Project for the Church of S. Maria delle Lagrime, Arezzo
      • L.26 Cartoons for the Fresco Project for the Church of S. Maria delle Lagrime, Arezzo
      • L.27 Two Drawings on Panel
      • L.28 A Drawing on Green Paper
      • L.29 Two Sibyls on Green Paper
      • L.30 Twenty-Eight Drawings of Nudes
      • L.31 Drawing of a Male Nude in Red Chalk
      • L.32 Eight Drawings
      • L.33 Design for a Chapel for the Fraternita di S. Maria della Misericordia, Arezzo
      • L.34 “Una Bellissima Notomia” Done in Borgo Sansepolcro while Executing the Christ in Glory
      • L.35 Judith with the Head of Holofernes
      • L.36 A Large Painting for Francis I
      • L.37 Model for a Tomb
      • L.38 Design for the Frame of Michelangelo’s Leda
      • L.39-48 Lost Architecture Decorations
      • L.39 Architecture(?) and Fresco and Stucco Decoration of The Pavilion of Pomona
      • L.40 Garden Gate
      • L.41 Rosso? Decoration of The Small Gallery
      • L.42 Rosso? Pavillon des Poêles
      • L.43 Fresco and Stucco Decoration of The Salle Haute
      • L.44 Fresco and Stucco Decoration of The Galerie Basse
      • L.45 Rosso? Decoration of The Grande Salle des Poêles
      • L.46 Rosso? Long Gallery (Later Gallery of Ulysses)
      • L.47 Designs for Festival Decorations and for Triumphal Entries
      • L.48 Designs for the Decorations Created for the Visit of Charles V to Fontainebleau
      • L.49 Costume Designs
      • L.50 Designs for Horse Trappings
      • L.51 Designs of Various Kinds of Table Service Objects and Table Ornaments for Francis I
      • L.52 Miniatures for Francis I
      • L.53 Choir Screen
      • L.54 Plans for the Alteration of Vaults in Notre Dame in Paris
      • L.55 Cartoon or Drawing for a Work on a Vault in Notre Dame in Paris
      • L.56 A Work (A Wall Painting?) Left Unfinished
      • L.57 Cartoon for a Panel Painting for the “Congregazione Del Capitolo” in Paris where Rosso was a Canon
      • L.58 Augustus and the Tiburtine Sibyl
      • L.59. Design for a Large Silver Statue of Hercules with Two Columns
      • L.60 Drawings for an Anatomy Book to be Published in France
      • L.61 St. Michael
      • L.62 Rosso? Portrait of Queen Giovanna of Naples and Sicily
      • L.63 Rosso? Cephalus and Procris
      • L.64 Rosso? Penelope
      • L.65 Rosso? Mary Magdalen
      • L.66 Rosso? A Greek Woman Dressed in Red
      • L.67 Rosso? Male Nude
      • L.68 Rosso? Allegory of Love
    • Rejected Works
      • Preface
      • RS. Tomb Effigy of Alberto Pio of Savoy, Count of Carpi
      • RP.1 Dead Christ Supported by Nicodemus
      • RP.2 Portrait of a Young Man
      • RP.3 Madonna and Child with the Young St. John the Baptist
      • RP.4 Death of Cleopatra
      • RP.5 Madonna and Child with the Young St. John the Baptist
      • RP.6 Madonna and Child in a Landscape
      • RP.7A Portrait of a Man and a Woman
      • RP.7B. Portrait of an Old Man in Profile
      • RP.8 Portrait of a Man Holding a Book and Glove
      • RP.9 Madonna and Child and the Young St. John the Baptist
      • RP.10 Madonna and Child with the Young St. John the Baptist
      • RP.11 Madonna and Child in a Landscape
      • RP.12 Madonna and Child and the Young St. John the Baptist
      • RP.13 Madonna and Child
      • RP.14 Portrait of Machiavelli
      • RP.15 Madonna Crowned by Two Angels
      • RP.16 Portrait of a Knight of St. John
      • RP.17 Bacchus, Venus, and Cupid
      • RP.18 Holy Family with Saint Elizabeth and the Young Saint John the Baptist
      • RP.19 Challenge of the Pierides
      • RP.20 Holy Family with the Young St. John the Baptist
      • RP.21. Assumption of the Virgin with Saint Thomas (Madonna della Cintola)
      • RP.22 Madonna in Glory
      • RP.23 Assumption of the Virgin with Saints Thomas, Anthony Abbot, Jacob, and Francis (Madonna della Cintola)
      • RD.1 Figure in Mask and Costume
      • RD.2 Seated Old Woman Holding a Book
      • RD.3 Draped Old Woman Carrying a Bundle on Her Head
      • RD.4 Copy of an Ignudo
      • RD.5 Draped Kneeling Woman
      • RD.6 Three Groups of Nude Men
      • RD.7 Group of Nine Nudes in Repose
      • RD.8 Nude Youth in Profile
      • RD.9 “Pompeian Scene:” Three Groups of Figures Widely Separated in a Barren Open Space
      • RD.10 Standing Nude Youth
      • RD.11 Draped Saint Gesturing with His Right Hand
      • RD.12 Nude Warrior with Staff and Shield Striding Energetically to the Right
      • RD.13 Standing Nude Youth Seen from the Back
      • RD.14 Nude Old Man with His Right Leg Bent and His Knee Resting on a Draped Stump Or Rock
      • RD.15 Two Draped Figures Seated Asleep on the Ground
      • RD.16 Meleager Offering the Head of the Caldyonian Boar to Atalanta
      • RD.17 Crucifixion
      • RD.18 Group of Eleven Men
      • RD.19 Old Testament Scene
      • RD.20 Lamentation
      • RD.21 Madonna and Child Copied from the Dei Altarpiece
      • RD.22 Design for a Covered Cup
      • RD.23 Assembly of the Gods in a Cartouche
      • RD.24 Bust Length Portrait of a Young Woman of the Medici Family
      • RD.25 Preaching of St. John the Baptist (?)
      • RD.26 Costumed Male Figure Carrying a Small Decorated Box (A Rattle?)
      • RD.27 Right Half of a Figured Frame (Cartouche) with a Term
      • RD.28 Scene of Incantation
      • RD.29 Standing Nude Youth Seen from the Back
      • RD.30 Elaborately Costumed Old Woman
      • RD.31 Group of Nude Warriors in a Landscape
      • RD.32 Partial Copy of Uccello’s Flood
      • RD.33 Coat-of-Arms of Leo X with Two Cherubs
      • RD.34 Nude Youth Seated on a Parapet
      • RD.35 Two Old Women Conversing
      • RD.36 Venus and Cupid in a Chariot
      • RD.37 Nude Man Reclining on a Chariot
      • RD.38A-C Three Views of the Head of a Woman Wearing a Turban
      • RE.1 Amphiaraus
      • RE.2 Venus, Mars, and Cupid
      • RE.3 Two Skeletons and Two Flayed Male Figures
      • RE.4 Partial Cartouche
      • RE.5 Venus with Three Amorini
      • RE.6 Neptune and Thetis
      • RE.7 Procession of Infant Bacchantes
      • RE.8 Opis as an Old Hag
      • RE.9 Annunciation in Two Roundels
      • RE.10 St. Jerome
      • RE.11, 1-9 Nine Sheets of Designs of Various Objects for the Table
      • RE.12 Costumed Male Figure Holding Two Torches
      • RE.13, 1-12, Twelve Pairs of Masked Figures
      • RE.14 Sixteen or Twenty Panels of Ornament with Pagan Gods
      • RE.15 Twenty-Six Scenes of the Story of Jason
      • RE.16 Hercules and Cacus
      • RE.17 Meleager Offering the Head of the Calydonian Boar to Atalanta
      • RE.18 Combat of Centaurs and Lapiths
      • RE.19 God the Father with Angels
      • RE.20 Monument to Vercingétorix
      • RE.21 Cartouche with Two Nude Men
      • RE.22 Vertical Cartouche with Male and Female Herms
      • RE.23 Cartouche with Two Reclining Nude Youths Framing a Seascape Set in an Oval
      • RE.24 Cartouche with a Stag’s Head Framing a Landscape
      • RE.25 Nude Acrobats
      • RE.26 Philosopher in a Niche
      • RE.27 Abduction of Helen?
      • RE.28 Forge of Vulcan
      • RE.29 Prudence Conquering Blind Ignorance
    • Biographical Documents
      • Preface
      • DOC.1 Florence, March 9, 1494 (modern style)
      • DOC.1a Florence, November 21, 1508
      • DOC.1b Florence, November 27, 1508
      • DOC.1c Florence, August 8, 1510
      • DOC.1d Florence, January 18, 1513
      • DOC.1e Florence, March 29, 1514
      • DOC.1f Florence, August 22, 1515
      • DOC.2 Florence, February 26, 1517 (modern style)
      • DOC.2a Florence, June 30, 1518
      • DOC.2b Florence, November 11, 1518
      • DOCS. 3-6 Florence, Trial Records
      • DOC.3 Florence, December 18, 1517
      • DOC.3a Florence, November 5, 1518
      • DOC.4 Florence, November 17, 1518
      • DOC.5 Florence, November 24, 1518
      • DOC.6 Florence, December 1, 1518
      • DOC.6a Florence, 1523-1524
      • DOC.6b Piombino, January 11, 1521
      • DOC.7 Volterra, April 8, 1521
      • DOC.7a Florence, September 9, 1521
      • DOC.7b Florence, October 2, 1522
      • DOC.8 Arezzo, April 18, 1524
      • DOC.9 Rome, October 6, 1526
      • DOC.9a (?) Rome, around 1526
      • DOC.10 Rome, May 8, 1527
      • DOC.11 Borgo Sansepolcro, January 22, 1528
      • DOC.12 Arezzo, February 23, 1529 (modern style)
      • DOC.12a Arezzo, March 25, 1529
      • DOC.13 Arezzo, March 12, 1532 (modern style)
      • DOC.13a Florence, September 19, 1532
      • DOC.14 Late 1530-1532
      • DOC.15 July, 1531
      • DOC.16 October 1 – December 31, 1531
      • DOC.17 Around December 10, 1531
      • DOC.18 December 23, 1531
      • DOC.19 January 2, 1532 (modern style)
      • DOC.20 January 11, 1532 (modern style)
      • DOC.21 1532
      • DOC.22 February 21, 1532 (modern style)
      • DOC.23 May 31, 1532
      • DOC.24 May 31, 1532
      • DOC.25 August 14, 1532
      • DOC.26 October 31, 1532
      • DOC.27 1532
      • DOC.28 January 17, 1533 (old and modern styles)
      • DOC.29 1534?
      • DOC.30 July 5, 1534
      • DOCS.31-40
      • DOC.31 September 25-26, 1537
      • DOC.32 November 9, 1537
      • DOC.33 November 18, 1537
      • DOC.34 November 19, 1537
      • DOC.35 February 7, 1538
      • DOC.36 December 10, 1537
      • DOC.37 December 15, 1539
      • DOC.38 January 2, 1540
      • DOC.39 November 19 (?), 1537 – June 28, 1540
      • DOC.40 May 19, 1540
      • DOC.41 February?, 1539 (modern style)
      • DOCS.42-54, On Rosso’s Death
      • DOC.42 November 19, 1540
      • DOC.43 November 20, 1540, Saturday
      • DOC.44 December 20, 1540, Monday
      • DOC.45 January 24, 1541 (modern style)
      • DOC.46 March 9, 1541
      • DOC.47 March 11, 1541 (modern style)
      • DOC.48 May 26, 1541
      • DOC.49 June 9, 1541
      • DOC.50 June 11, 1541
      • DOC.51 July 27, 1541
      • DOC.52 August 26, 1542
      • DOC.53 August 1544
      • DOC.54 March 14, 1545 (modern style)
      • DOC.55 March 1, 1544 (modern style)
    • Bibliographical Abbreviations (working)
      • Bibliographical Abbreviations
  • List of Illustrations
  • Appendices
    • Vasari’s Life of Rosso
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Vasari’s Life of Rosso

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Contents

  • Introduction
  • Rosso Fiorentino
  • Acknowledgements
  • Text
    • Preface to the Text
    • Chapters with notes
    • Chapter I. Florence, The Earliest Years, to 1513
    • Chapter II. Florence, 1513–1519
    • Chapter III. Florence, Piombino, Volterra, 1519–1521
    • Chapter IV. Florence, 1521–1524
    • Chapter V. Rome, 1524–1527
    • Chapter VI. Perugia, Borgo Sansepolcro, Città di Castello, Pieve S. Stefano, Arezzo, Venice, 1527–1530
    • Chapter VII. Paris and Fontainebleau, 1530–1536
    • Chapter VIII. Fontainebleau, The Gallery of Francis I, 1531–1539
    • Chapter IX. Paris and Fontainebleau, 1536–1538
    • Chapter X. Paris and Fontainebleau, the Final Years, 1538–1540
  • Catalogues
    • Preface to the Catalogues
    • Paintings
      • Preface
      • P.1 Portrait of a Young Woman as Mary Magdalen
      • P.2A,B (COPIES) Madonna and Child with St. John the Evangelist
      • P.3 Assumption of the Virgin
      • P.4 Angel Playing a Lute
      • P.5 Madonna and Child with Saints
      • P.6 Portrait of a Young Man with a Letter
      • P.7 Holy Family with the Young St. John the Baptist
      • P.8 Portrait of a Young Man
      • P.9 Deposition
      • P.10 Madonna and Child with St. John the Baptist and St. Bartholomew
      • P.11 St. John the Baptist in the Wilderness
      • P.12 Madonna and Child with Ten Saints
      • P.13 Marriage of the Virgin
      • P.14 Moses Killing the Egyptian and Defending the Daughters of Jethro
      • P.15 Rosso (VARIANT COPY) Rebecca and Eliezer
      • P.16 Portrait of a Man with a Helmet
      • P.17 Creation of Eve & Fall of Adam and Eve
      • P.18 Dead Christ Attended by Four Angels (Pietà)
      • P.19 Pietà
      • P.20 Christ in Glory
      • P.21 Portrait of a Seated Young Man
      • P.22. Gallery of Francis I
        • P.22 Documents & Summary
        • Construction of the Gallery, Documents
        • Decoration of the Gallery
        • Woodwork in the Gallery
        • Summary on the Construction and Decoration of The Gallery of Francis I
        • Introduction to the Gallery Catalogue
        • Views of the Gallery
        • P.22 I North: Venus and Minerva
        • P.22 I South: Combat of Centaurs and Lapiths
        • P.22 II North: Education of Achilles
        • P.22 II South: Loss of Perpetual Youth
        • P.22 III North: Revenge of Nauplius
        • P.22 III South: Death of Adonis and the Funeral of Hector
        • P.22 IV North: Entrance Wall of The North Cabinet & The North Cabinet
        • P.22 IV South: Planned South Cabinet, The Nymph of Fontainebleau and The Danaë
        • P.22 V North: The Twins of Catania
        • P.22 V South: Cleobis and Biton
        • P.22 VI North: Royal Elephant
        • P.22 VI South: Unity of the State
        • P.22 VII North: Scene of Sacrifice
        • P.22 VII South: Enlightenment of Francis I
        • P.22 East Wall
        • P.22 West Wall
        • P.22 Tapestries
        • P.22 Literature on the Gallery
        • Summary on the Gallery of Francis I
      • P.23 Pietà
      • P.24 Madonna and Child with St. Anne and St. John the Baptist
    • Architecture
      • Preface
      • A.1. The Gallery of Francis I
      • A.2. Exterior Staircase (Destroyed) and Portico
      • A.3. Rosso? Tour du Jardin
      • A.4. Rosso? Chapel of Saint Saturnin and The Chapelle Haute du Roi
    • Drawings
      • Preface
      • D.1 Disputation of the Angel of Death and the Devil (Allegory of Death and Fame)
      • D.2 Disputation Between Two Old Men (St. Paul and St. Peter?)
      • D.3 (COPY?) St. Paul the Hermit
      • D.4 Study for an Altarpiece
      • D.5 Standing Nude Woman
      • D.6 Virtù Vanquishing Fortune
      • D.7 Standing Male Nude
      • D.8 (COUNTERPROOF) Head of a Bearded Old Man
      • D.9 Seated Male Nude
      • D.10 Seated Nude Woman
      • D.11 Seated Woman in Niche
      • D.12 Nude with a Standard
      • D.13 St. Roch Distributing His Inheritance to the Poor
      • D.14A, B (COPIES) St. Roch Visiting the Plague-Stricken
      • D.15 (COPY) The Angel of God Appearing to St. Roch
      • D.16 Standing Bearded Nude with a Fillet Binding His Hair
      • D.17-18 Gods in Niches
      • D.19 Standing Nude Youth
      • D.20 Profile Head of a Young Woman
      • D.21 (COPY) Standing Nude Youth Seen from the Back
      • D.22 (COPY) Seated Nude Youth Seen from the Back
      • D.23 (COPY?) Bishop Saint Resuscitating a Youth
      • D.24 Copy of Michelangelo’s David-Apollo
      • D.25 Ideal Bust of a Woman
      • D.26A Reclining Male Nude
      • D.26B Two Feet of a Kneeling Figure, and a Left Hand
      • D.27A, B (COPIES) Four Seated Women
      • D.28 Study for the Lower Half of the Christ in Glory
      • D.29 Study for the Lower Half of the Christ in Glory
      • D.30 (COPY?) Allegory of the Immaculate Conception
      • D.31-34 Preface to Lagrime Project, Arezzo
      • D.31 (COPY) Allegory of the Immaculate Conception
      • D.32 Allegory of the Immaculate Conception
      • D.33A, B (COPIES?) Allegory of the Virgin as the Ark of the Covenant and/or as the “Scala Coeli”
      • D.34 Throne of Solomon
      • D.35 Madonna della Misericordia
      • D.36 Standing Apostle
      • D.37 Design for a Chapel with an Altarpiece of the Gathering of Manna
      • D.38 Design for an Altar in S. Maria delle Lagrime, Arezzo
      • D.39 (COPY?) Allegory of the Immaculate Conception
      • D.40A (COPY?) Last Supper
      • D.40B (COPY) Christ in Limbo
      • D.41 Apollo Proclaiming His Victory to the Gods
      • D.42 Mars and Venus
      • D.43 Annunciation
      • D.44 (COPY) Narcissus
      • D.45 St. Jerome
      • D.46A, B (COPIES ) Vertumnus And Pomona
      • D.47 Ornamental Panel
      • D.48 St. Denis (Dionysius The Areopagite) in a Niche
      • D.49 (COPY) Design for a Candlestick
      • D.50A-D (COPIES) Scene of Sacrifice (First Version)
      • D.51 (REVERSED COPY) Scene of Sacrifice (First Version, Slightly Revised)
      • D.52 (COPY) Dance of the Dryads
      • D.53 (COPY) Education of Achilles
      • D.54A-F (COPIES) Royal Elephant
      • D.55 (COPY) Unity Of The State
      • D.56 (COPY) Allegory of Deceit
      • D.57 (COPY) Design for the Stucco Frame of an Oval Picture
      • D.58A, B (COPIES) The Funeral of Hector
      • D.59 (COPY) Revenge of Nauplius
      • D.60 (COPY) Twins of Catania
      • D.61A, B, C (COPIES) Enlightenment of Francis I
      • D.62 (COPY) Naval Battle in a Port
      • D.63A, B (COPIES) Death of Adonis
      • D.64 (COPY) Scene of Sacrifice (Final Version)
      • D.65A, B, C (COPIES) Scene of Sacrifice (Final Version)
      • D.66 (COPY) Contest of Athena and Poseidon
      • D.67 Pandora and Her Box
      • D.68 Seated Male Nude
      • D.69 (COPY) Francis I Adoring the Enthroned Virgin and Child
      • D.70 Martyrdom of Sts. Marcus and Marcellinus
      • D.71A, B, C (COPIES) Pietà
      • D.72 Allegory on the Birth of Christ
      • D.73 Design for a Gilt Silver Cantoral Baton for Notre Dame, Paris
      • D.74 Leda and the Swan, after Michelangelo
      • D.75A, B, C (COPIES) Holy Family in a Cartouche
      • D.76A Apollo holding a Lyre and the Skin of Marsyas
      • D.76B (COPY?) Cephalus And Procris In Two Niches
      • D.77 (COPY) Pandora Adorned by Aphrodite and the Hours
      • D.78 Dream of Hercules
      • D.79 Reclining Nude Woman
      • D.80 Empedocles – St. Roch
      • D.81 Design for a Tomb
      • D.82 (COPY) Holy Family with St. Anne
      • D.83 (COPY) Annunciation
      • D.84 Judith and Holofernes
      • D.85 The Visitation or Vertumnus and Pomona?
    • Prints
      • Preface
      • CHERUBINO ALBERTI
      • E.1 Adoration of the Magi
      • E.2 Stoning of St. Stephen
      • E.3 Agony in the Garden
      • E.4 Altar
      • DOMENICO DEL BARBIERE
      • E.5 Fame
      • JACOB BINK
      • E.6, 1-20 Gods in Niches
      • GEORGE BOBA
      • GIULIO BONASONE
      • RENÉ BOYVIN
      • E.7 Judith with the Head of Holofernes
      • E.8 St. Paul and St. Peter
      • E.9 Rape of Europa
      • E.10 Saturn and Philyra
      • E.11 Twins of Catania
      • E.12 Enlightenment of Francis I
      • E.13 Contest of Athena and Poseidon
      • E.14 Cephalus & Procris in Two Niches
      • E.15 Madonna and Child with a Book
      • E.16 Empedocles
      • E.17 Dream of Hercules
      • GIAN JACOPO CARAGLIO
      • E.18 Fury
      • E.19-24 Labors and Adventures of Hercules
      • E.25 Challenge of the Pierides
      • E.26-45 Gods in Niches
      • E.46-47 Loves of the Gods
      • E.48 Battle of the Romans and the Sabines
      • AGOSTINO CARRACCI
      • LÉON DAVENT
      • E.49 DELAUNE, Narcissus
      • E.50 Scene of Sacrifice
      • E.51 MARCO DENTE, Disputation of the Angel of Death and the Devil
      • JACQUES I ANDROUET DU CERCEAU
      • E.52, 1-6 Labors of Hercules
      • E.53 Challenge of the Pierides
      • E.54, 1-20 Gods in Niches
      • E.55, 1-3 Grands Cartouches de Fontainebleau, First Set
        • E.55,1 Sacrifice of a Bull at the Right
        • E.55,2 Sacrifice of a Ram in the Center
        • E.55,3 Female Satyr at the Left and Male Satyr at the Right
      • E.56, 1-8 Grands Cartouches de Fontainebleau, Second Set
        • E.56,1 Embracing Children Flanking a Blank Square
        • E.56,2 Two Heavily Draped Slouching Figures
        • E.56,3 Putto Holding an F in Reverse above a Blank Circle
        • E.56,4 Triads of Female Terms Flanking an Oval
        • E.56,5 Vertical Cartouche with Putti
        • E.56,6 Child Playing Two Horns Framing a Blank Circle
        • E.56,7 Satyrs Framing an Oval
        • E.56,8 Old Bearded Man in a Niche to the Left of a Blank Square
      • E.57, 1-11 Petits Cartouches de Fontainebleau
        • E.57,1 Framing an Upright Blank Oval
        • E.57,2 Two Heavily Draped Slouching Figures Above Framing a Small Blank Square
        • E.57,3 Priest-Herms Framing a Blank Rectangle
        • E.57,4 Reclining Woman Holding Her Breast
        • E.57,5 Large Female Nude at the Left
        • E.57,6 Putto Holding an F in Reverse Above a Blank Circle
        • E.57,7 Vertical Cartouche with Putti Riding Winged Horses Below Framing a Small Blank Central Oval
        • E.57,8 Satyrs Framing a Blank Rectangle
        • E.57,9 Two Old Bearded Men Framing a Blank Rectangle
        • E.57,10 Satyrs Framing an Oval
        • E.57,11 Nude Woman Holding Her Breasts at the Right
      • E.58 Two Caryatids and a Term
      • E.59 Design for the Decoration of a Cup or Bowl
      • E.60 Apollo holding a Lyre
      • E.61 Diana Shooting with Her Bow
      • ANTONIO FANTUZZI
      • E.62 Vertumnus and Pomona
      • E.63 Cartouche: Satyrs Framing an Oval View of a Port
      • E.64 Cartouche: Priest-Herms Framing a Landscape
      • E.65 Royal Elephant
      • E.66 Unity of the State
      • E.67 Cartouche: Nude Woman holding Her Breasts
      • E.68 Fortune giving Drink to a Young Prince
      • E.69 Cartouche: Triads of Female Terms
      • E.70 Cartouche Framing a Landscape
      • E.71 Revenge of Nauplius
      • E.72 Funeral of Hector
      • E.73 Cartouche: Two Old Bearded Men Framing a View of a Port City
      • E.74 Enlightenment of Francis I
      • E.75 Cartouche: Satyrs Framing a Landscape
      • E.76 Death of Adonis
      • E.77 Scene of Sacrifice
      • E.78 Contest of Athena and Poseidon
      • E.79 Pandora and Her Box
      • E.80 Pietà
      • E.81 Allegory on the Birth of Christ
      • E.82 Vertical Cartouche with Putti
      • E.83 Cartouche: Two Sleeping Putti Above Framing a Blank Circle
      • E.84 Cartouche: Child Playing Two Horns Framing a Blank Circle
      • E.85 Cartouche: Child Playing Two Horns Framing a Landscape in a Circle
      • E.86 Cartouche: Two Heavily Draped Slouching Figures
      • E.87 Cartouche: Reclining Nude Woman holding Her Breast
      • E.88 Right Half of a Cartouche Framing a Landscape in a Half-Circle and Another in a Full Circle
      • E.89 ANTOINE GARNIER, Revenge of Nauplius
      • LÉONARD LIMOSIN
      • E.90 Annunciation
      • E.91 Nativity
      • E.92 Entry into Jerusalem
      • E.93 Last Supper
      • E.94 Agony in the Garden
      • E.95 Kiss of Judas
      • E.96 Christ Sent Away by Herod
      • E.97 Resurrection
      • MELCHIOR LORCK (LORICHS)
      • E.98 MASTER I.♀.V., St. Paul and St. Peter
      • E.99 Cartouche Framing a Standing Draped Woman
      • E.100 Allegory on the Birth of Christ
      • MASTER L.D.
      • E.101 MASTER NDB, Holy Family With St. Anne Set Within A Frame
      • JEAN MIGNON
      • PIERRE MILAN
      • E.102 Dance of the Dryads
      • E.103 Nymph of Fontainebleau in a Frame
      • E.104 Three Fates, Costume Designs
      • E.105 Three Fates, Nude
      • BATTISTA ANGOLO DEL MORO
      • E.106 OSELLO, St. Roch
      • GIOVANNI BATTISTA PITTONI
      • CESARE REVERDINO
      • JACQUES PREVOST
      • E.107 ROTA, Christ in a Niche
      • E.108 NIKOLAUS SOLIS, Three Fates, Nude
      • VIRGIL SOLIS
      • AGOSTINO VENEZIANO
      • E.109 Disputation of the Angel of Death and the Devil
      • E.110 VICO, Challenge of the Pierides
      • E.111 Nine Daughters of Pierus
      • E.112 ZENOI, Enlightenment of Francis I
      • ANONYMOUS PRINTS
      • E.113, 1-6 Labors of Hercules
      • E.114 A-D Labors of Hercules
      • E.115-122 Gods in Niches
      • E.123-129 Loves of the Gods
      • E.130 Mars and Venus
      • E.131-132 Mars and Venus
      • E.133 Annunciation
      • E.134 Narcissus
      • E.135-136 Dance of the Dryads
      • E.137 Nymph of Fontainebleau
      • E.138 Venus and Minerva
      • E.139 Two Groups of Three Putti
      • E.140 Allegorical Scene of Rage and Madness
      • E.141 Victory
      • E.142 Twins of Catania
      • E.143 Caritas Romana
      • E.144 Caritas Romana
      • E.145 Cartouche: Roundels Framing a Standing Draped Woman
      • E.146 Saturn and Philyra
      • E.147 Draped Youth Leaning on a Block at the Left
      • E.148 Birth of Venus
      • E.149 Oval Cartouche Framing Mars and Venus Viewed by Vulcan
      • E.150 Allegory on the Birth of Christ
      • E.151 Apollo holding a Lyre
      • E.152 Venus and Cupid
      • E.153 Holy Family in a Cartouche
      • E.154-155 Three Fates, Nude
      • E.156 Christ in a Niche I
      • E.157 Christ in a Niche II
      • E.158 Christ in a Niche III
      • E.159 Cartouche: Two Groups of Three Cherubs
      • E.160 Figure Costumed as Hercules
      • E.161 Holy Family with St. Anne
      • E.162 Holy Family with St. Anne
      • E.163 Cupid Sleeping Upon a Garland of Fruit Suspended from Two Lions’ Heads
    • Lost Works
      • Preface
      • L.1 Drawings after Masaccio’s Frescoes in the Brancacci Chapel
      • L.2 Part of the Predella of Andrea del Sarto’s San Gallo Annunciation
      • L.3 Drawings after Michelangelo’s Cartoon of The Battle of Cascina
      • L.4 Dead Christ
      • L.5 Rosso? Coats-of-Arms of Pope Leo X and Giuliano De’Medici
      • L.6 Rosso? Work on a Wax Effigy of Giuliano De’Medici
      • L.7 Two Coats-of-Arms of Fra Aurelio d’Arezzo, The General of the Servites
      • L.8 The Arms of Cardinal Lorenzo Pucci
      • L.9 The Arms of Leo X
      • L.10 Possible Studies for an Unexecuted Fresco at SS. Annunziata, Florence
      • L.11. Madonna and Child with standing Male Saint holding a staff at the Left and St. Catherine of Alexandria at the right, and Other Saints?, possibly The Mystic Marriage of St. Catherine, with an Angel playing a Lute in the center below.
      • L.12 Triumphal Arch Dedicated to Hope
      • L.13 Decoration of the Custom Officer’s Station and of the Area between the Porta San Gallo and the forward Gate (Antiporta) related to the Triumphal Arch erected for the Return Entry of Pope Leo X into Florence, 22 December 1515.
      • L.14A Pictures and Portraits in Florentine Houses
      • L.14B Rosso? Self-Portrait as a Young Man
      • L.14C Rosso? Portrait
      • L.14D Rosso? St. John The Baptist
      • L.15 Dead Christ, altarpiece of the Chapel of the Confraternity of the Corpus Christi
      • L.16 A Small Chapel
      • L.17 Visitation with Mary Magdalen and King David
      • L.18 Rosso? Decoration of Rooms in Collaboration with Parmigianino
      • L.19 Beheading of St. John the Baptist
      • L.20 Adoration of the Magi
      • L.21 Adoration of the Magi
      • L.22 Resurrection
      • L.23 Model for the Fresco Project for the Church of S. Maria delle Lagrime, Arezzo
      • L.24 Two Drawings for the Fresco Project for the Church of S. Maria delle Lagrime, Arezzo
      • L.25 Drawing of Nudes for the Fresco Project for the Church of S. Maria delle Lagrime, Arezzo
      • L.26 Cartoons for the Fresco Project for the Church of S. Maria delle Lagrime, Arezzo
      • L.27 Two Drawings on Panel
      • L.28 A Drawing on Green Paper
      • L.29 Two Sibyls on Green Paper
      • L.30 Twenty-Eight Drawings of Nudes
      • L.31 Drawing of a Male Nude in Red Chalk
      • L.32 Eight Drawings
      • L.33 Design for a Chapel for the Fraternita di S. Maria della Misericordia, Arezzo
      • L.34 “Una Bellissima Notomia” Done in Borgo Sansepolcro while Executing the Christ in Glory
      • L.35 Judith with the Head of Holofernes
      • L.36 A Large Painting for Francis I
      • L.37 Model for a Tomb
      • L.38 Design for the Frame of Michelangelo’s Leda
      • L.39-48 Lost Architecture Decorations
      • L.39 Architecture(?) and Fresco and Stucco Decoration of The Pavilion of Pomona
      • L.40 Garden Gate
      • L.41 Rosso? Decoration of The Small Gallery
      • L.42 Rosso? Pavillon des Poêles
      • L.43 Fresco and Stucco Decoration of The Salle Haute
      • L.44 Fresco and Stucco Decoration of The Galerie Basse
      • L.45 Rosso? Decoration of The Grande Salle des Poêles
      • L.46 Rosso? Long Gallery (Later Gallery of Ulysses)
      • L.47 Designs for Festival Decorations and for Triumphal Entries
      • L.48 Designs for the Decorations Created for the Visit of Charles V to Fontainebleau
      • L.49 Costume Designs
      • L.50 Designs for Horse Trappings
      • L.51 Designs of Various Kinds of Table Service Objects and Table Ornaments for Francis I
      • L.52 Miniatures for Francis I
      • L.53 Choir Screen
      • L.54 Plans for the Alteration of Vaults in Notre Dame in Paris
      • L.55 Cartoon or Drawing for a Work on a Vault in Notre Dame in Paris
      • L.56 A Work (A Wall Painting?) Left Unfinished
      • L.57 Cartoon for a Panel Painting for the “Congregazione Del Capitolo” in Paris where Rosso was a Canon
      • L.58 Augustus and the Tiburtine Sibyl
      • L.59. Design for a Large Silver Statue of Hercules with Two Columns
      • L.60 Drawings for an Anatomy Book to be Published in France
      • L.61 St. Michael
      • L.62 Rosso? Portrait of Queen Giovanna of Naples and Sicily
      • L.63 Rosso? Cephalus and Procris
      • L.64 Rosso? Penelope
      • L.65 Rosso? Mary Magdalen
      • L.66 Rosso? A Greek Woman Dressed in Red
      • L.67 Rosso? Male Nude
      • L.68 Rosso? Allegory of Love
    • Rejected Works
      • Preface
      • RS. Tomb Effigy of Alberto Pio of Savoy, Count of Carpi
      • RP.1 Dead Christ Supported by Nicodemus
      • RP.2 Portrait of a Young Man
      • RP.3 Madonna and Child with the Young St. John the Baptist
      • RP.4 Death of Cleopatra
      • RP.5 Madonna and Child with the Young St. John the Baptist
      • RP.6 Madonna and Child in a Landscape
      • RP.7A Portrait of a Man and a Woman
      • RP.7B. Portrait of an Old Man in Profile
      • RP.8 Portrait of a Man Holding a Book and Glove
      • RP.9 Madonna and Child and the Young St. John the Baptist
      • RP.10 Madonna and Child with the Young St. John the Baptist
      • RP.11 Madonna and Child in a Landscape
      • RP.12 Madonna and Child and the Young St. John the Baptist
      • RP.13 Madonna and Child
      • RP.14 Portrait of Machiavelli
      • RP.15 Madonna Crowned by Two Angels
      • RP.16 Portrait of a Knight of St. John
      • RP.17 Bacchus, Venus, and Cupid
      • RP.18 Holy Family with Saint Elizabeth and the Young Saint John the Baptist
      • RP.19 Challenge of the Pierides
      • RP.20 Holy Family with the Young St. John the Baptist
      • RP.21. Assumption of the Virgin with Saint Thomas (Madonna della Cintola)
      • RP.22 Madonna in Glory
      • RP.23 Assumption of the Virgin with Saints Thomas, Anthony Abbot, Jacob, and Francis (Madonna della Cintola)
      • RD.1 Figure in Mask and Costume
      • RD.2 Seated Old Woman Holding a Book
      • RD.3 Draped Old Woman Carrying a Bundle on Her Head
      • RD.4 Copy of an Ignudo
      • RD.5 Draped Kneeling Woman
      • RD.6 Three Groups of Nude Men
      • RD.7 Group of Nine Nudes in Repose
      • RD.8 Nude Youth in Profile
      • RD.9 “Pompeian Scene:” Three Groups of Figures Widely Separated in a Barren Open Space
      • RD.10 Standing Nude Youth
      • RD.11 Draped Saint Gesturing with His Right Hand
      • RD.12 Nude Warrior with Staff and Shield Striding Energetically to the Right
      • RD.13 Standing Nude Youth Seen from the Back
      • RD.14 Nude Old Man with His Right Leg Bent and His Knee Resting on a Draped Stump Or Rock
      • RD.15 Two Draped Figures Seated Asleep on the Ground
      • RD.16 Meleager Offering the Head of the Caldyonian Boar to Atalanta
      • RD.17 Crucifixion
      • RD.18 Group of Eleven Men
      • RD.19 Old Testament Scene
      • RD.20 Lamentation
      • RD.21 Madonna and Child Copied from the Dei Altarpiece
      • RD.22 Design for a Covered Cup
      • RD.23 Assembly of the Gods in a Cartouche
      • RD.24 Bust Length Portrait of a Young Woman of the Medici Family
      • RD.25 Preaching of St. John the Baptist (?)
      • RD.26 Costumed Male Figure Carrying a Small Decorated Box (A Rattle?)
      • RD.27 Right Half of a Figured Frame (Cartouche) with a Term
      • RD.28 Scene of Incantation
      • RD.29 Standing Nude Youth Seen from the Back
      • RD.30 Elaborately Costumed Old Woman
      • RD.31 Group of Nude Warriors in a Landscape
      • RD.32 Partial Copy of Uccello’s Flood
      • RD.33 Coat-of-Arms of Leo X with Two Cherubs
      • RD.34 Nude Youth Seated on a Parapet
      • RD.35 Two Old Women Conversing
      • RD.36 Venus and Cupid in a Chariot
      • RD.37 Nude Man Reclining on a Chariot
      • RD.38A-C Three Views of the Head of a Woman Wearing a Turban
      • RE.1 Amphiaraus
      • RE.2 Venus, Mars, and Cupid
      • RE.3 Two Skeletons and Two Flayed Male Figures
      • RE.4 Partial Cartouche
      • RE.5 Venus with Three Amorini
      • RE.6 Neptune and Thetis
      • RE.7 Procession of Infant Bacchantes
      • RE.8 Opis as an Old Hag
      • RE.9 Annunciation in Two Roundels
      • RE.10 St. Jerome
      • RE.11, 1-9 Nine Sheets of Designs of Various Objects for the Table
      • RE.12 Costumed Male Figure Holding Two Torches
      • RE.13, 1-12, Twelve Pairs of Masked Figures
      • RE.14 Sixteen or Twenty Panels of Ornament with Pagan Gods
      • RE.15 Twenty-Six Scenes of the Story of Jason
      • RE.16 Hercules and Cacus
      • RE.17 Meleager Offering the Head of the Calydonian Boar to Atalanta
      • RE.18 Combat of Centaurs and Lapiths
      • RE.19 God the Father with Angels
      • RE.20 Monument to Vercingétorix
      • RE.21 Cartouche with Two Nude Men
      • RE.22 Vertical Cartouche with Male and Female Herms
      • RE.23 Cartouche with Two Reclining Nude Youths Framing a Seascape Set in an Oval
      • RE.24 Cartouche with a Stag’s Head Framing a Landscape
      • RE.25 Nude Acrobats
      • RE.26 Philosopher in a Niche
      • RE.27 Abduction of Helen?
      • RE.28 Forge of Vulcan
      • RE.29 Prudence Conquering Blind Ignorance
    • Biographical Documents
      • Preface
      • DOC.1 Florence, March 9, 1494 (modern style)
      • DOC.1a Florence, November 21, 1508
      • DOC.1b Florence, November 27, 1508
      • DOC.1c Florence, August 8, 1510
      • DOC.1d Florence, January 18, 1513
      • DOC.1e Florence, March 29, 1514
      • DOC.1f Florence, August 22, 1515
      • DOC.2 Florence, February 26, 1517 (modern style)
      • DOC.2a Florence, June 30, 1518
      • DOC.2b Florence, November 11, 1518
      • DOCS. 3-6 Florence, Trial Records
      • DOC.3 Florence, December 18, 1517
      • DOC.3a Florence, November 5, 1518
      • DOC.4 Florence, November 17, 1518
      • DOC.5 Florence, November 24, 1518
      • DOC.6 Florence, December 1, 1518
      • DOC.6a Florence, 1523-1524
      • DOC.6b Piombino, January 11, 1521
      • DOC.7 Volterra, April 8, 1521
      • DOC.7a Florence, September 9, 1521
      • DOC.7b Florence, October 2, 1522
      • DOC.8 Arezzo, April 18, 1524
      • DOC.9 Rome, October 6, 1526
      • DOC.9a (?) Rome, around 1526
      • DOC.10 Rome, May 8, 1527
      • DOC.11 Borgo Sansepolcro, January 22, 1528
      • DOC.12 Arezzo, February 23, 1529 (modern style)
      • DOC.12a Arezzo, March 25, 1529
      • DOC.13 Arezzo, March 12, 1532 (modern style)
      • DOC.13a Florence, September 19, 1532
      • DOC.14 Late 1530-1532
      • DOC.15 July, 1531
      • DOC.16 October 1 – December 31, 1531
      • DOC.17 Around December 10, 1531
      • DOC.18 December 23, 1531
      • DOC.19 January 2, 1532 (modern style)
      • DOC.20 January 11, 1532 (modern style)
      • DOC.21 1532
      • DOC.22 February 21, 1532 (modern style)
      • DOC.23 May 31, 1532
      • DOC.24 May 31, 1532
      • DOC.25 August 14, 1532
      • DOC.26 October 31, 1532
      • DOC.27 1532
      • DOC.28 January 17, 1533 (old and modern styles)
      • DOC.29 1534?
      • DOC.30 July 5, 1534
      • DOCS.31-40
      • DOC.31 September 25-26, 1537
      • DOC.32 November 9, 1537
      • DOC.33 November 18, 1537
      • DOC.34 November 19, 1537
      • DOC.35 February 7, 1538
      • DOC.36 December 10, 1537
      • DOC.37 December 15, 1539
      • DOC.38 January 2, 1540
      • DOC.39 November 19 (?), 1537 – June 28, 1540
      • DOC.40 May 19, 1540
      • DOC.41 February?, 1539 (modern style)
      • DOCS.42-54, On Rosso’s Death
      • DOC.42 November 19, 1540
      • DOC.43 November 20, 1540, Saturday
      • DOC.44 December 20, 1540, Monday
      • DOC.45 January 24, 1541 (modern style)
      • DOC.46 March 9, 1541
      • DOC.47 March 11, 1541 (modern style)
      • DOC.48 May 26, 1541
      • DOC.49 June 9, 1541
      • DOC.50 June 11, 1541
      • DOC.51 July 27, 1541
      • DOC.52 August 26, 1542
      • DOC.53 August 1544
      • DOC.54 March 14, 1545 (modern style)
      • DOC.55 March 1, 1544 (modern style)
    • Bibliographical Abbreviations (working)
      • Bibliographical Abbreviations
  • List of Illustrations
  • Appendices
    • Vasari’s Life of Rosso

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