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Of the manufacture of majolica in the Duchy of Urbino 403

APPENDICES

I. Correspondence of Clement VII. with Duke Francesco Maria before the sack of Rome, 1527 427

II. The sack of Rome 429

III. The Duke of Urbino's justification, 1527 444

IV. Sketch of the negotiations of Castiglione at the court of Madrid, 1525-1529 448

V. Account of the armada of Don John of Austria at Messina, 1571 452

VI. Indulgence conceded to the corona of the Grand Duke of Tuscany by Pius V., 1666 456

VII. Monumental inscriptions of the ducal family of Urbino 458

VIII. Statistics of Urbino 463

IX. Two sonnets by Pietro Aretino on Titian's portraits of Duke Francesco Maria I. and his Duchess Leonora 470

X. Petition to Guidobaldo II. Duke of Urbino, by certain Majolica-makers in Pesaro 472

XI. Letter from the Archbishop of Urbino to Cardinal Giulio della Rovere, regarding a service of Majolica 474

XII. Collections of art made by the Dukes of Urbino 476

DENNISTOUN'S LIST OF AUTHORITIES FOR THE WORK 490

GENEALOGICAL TABLE 501

INDEX 505

ILLUSTRATIONS

Francesco Maria II. della Rovere, Duke of Urbino. After the picture by Baroccio in the Uffizi Gallery, Florence. (Photo Anderson) _Frontispiece_

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The Emperor Charles V. From the picture by Titian in the Prado Gallery, Madrid. (Photo Anderson) 28

Guidobaldo II., Duke of Urbino. From a picture in the Albani Palace in Rome 88

? Guidobaldo II. della Rovere. From the picture by Titian in the Pitti Gallery, Florence. (Probably once in the Ducal Collection.) (Photo Alinari) 90

Isabella d'Este. After the picture by Titian in the Imperial Museum, Vienna. (Photo Franz Hanfstaengl) 134

Duke Francesco Maria II. receiving the allegiance of his followers. After the fresco by Girolamo Genga in the Villa Imperiale, Pesaro. (Photo Alinari) 148

Duke Francesco Maria II. receiving the allegiance of his followers. After the fresco by Girolamo Genga in the Villa Imperiale, Pesaro. (Photo Alinari) 150

Francesco I. de' Medici. After the picture by Bronzino in the Pitti Gallery, Florence. (Photo Anderson) 154

Federigo, Prince of Urbino. From the picture once in the possession of Andrew Coventry of Edinburgh 196

Facsimiles of signatures and monograms 200

Francesco Maria II., Duke of Urbino. From a picture once in the possession of James Dennistoun 226

Vittoria della Rovere, Grand Duchess of Tuscany. From the picture by Sustermans in the Pitti Gallery, Florence. (Photo Anderson) 248

Supposed portrait of Ariosto. After the picture by Titian in the National Gallery 280

Pietro Aretino. From the picture by Titian in the Pitti Gallery, Florence. (Photo Alinari) 288

Bernardo Tasso. From a picture once in the possession of James Dennistoun 298

Torquato Tasso. From a picture once in the possession of James Dennistoun 308

Laura de' Dianti and Alfonso of Ferrara. After the picture by Titian in the Louvre. (Photo Neurdein Frères) 312

Martyrdom of S. Agata. After a picture by Seb. dal Piombo, once in the Ducal Collection at Urbino, now in the Pitti Gallery, Florence. (Photo Anderson) 336

Holy Family. After the picture by Sustermans, once in the Ducal Collection of Urbino, now in the Pitti Gallery, Florence. (Photo Alinari) 340

The Knight of Malta. From the picture by Giorgione, once in the Ducal Collection at Urbino, now in the Uffizi Gallery, Florence. (Photo Anderson) 344

Judith with the head of Holofernes. After the picture by Palma il Vecchio, once in the Ducal Collection at Urbino. (Photo Alinari) 346

Head of Christ. After the picture by Titian, once in the Ducal Collection, now in the Pitti Gallery, Florence. (Photo Alinari) 348

The Resurrection. After the banner painted by Titian for the Compagnia di Corpus Domini, now in the Pinacoteca, Urbino. (Photo Alinari) 352

The Last Supper. After the picture by Baroccio in the Duomo of Urbino. (Photo Alinari) 356

Noli me Tangere. After the picture by Baroccio, once in the Ducal Collection at Urbino, now in the Uffizi Gallery, Florence. (Photo Anderson) 372

The Communion of the Apostles. By Giusto di Gand, in the Palazzo Ducale Urbino. (From the Ducal Collection.) (Photo Alinari) 382

Giovanni and Federigo, Electors of Saxony. After the portraits by Cranach, once in the Ducal Collection at Urbino, now in the Uffizi Gallery, Florence. (Photo Anderson) 386

La Bella. After the picture by Titian in the Pitti Gallery, Florence. Supposed portrait of Duchess Leonora. (Photo Anderson) 390

The Venus of Urbino. Supposed portrait of the Duchess Leonora, after the picture by Titian in the Uffizi Gallery, Florence, once in the Ducal Collection. (Photo Anderson) 392

Sleeping Venus. After the picture by Giorgione in the Dresden Gallery, after which the Venus of Urbino was painted. (Photo Anderson) 394

Portrait of his wife, by Lucas Cranach. From the picture in the Roscoe Collection, Liverpool. Possibly modelled on the Venus of Urbino 396

Maiolica. A plate of Urbino ware of about 1540 in the British Museum 404

Maiolica. A plate of Castel Durante ware of about 1524 in the British Museum. "The divine and beautiful Lucia" 408

Maiolica. A plate of Urbino ware about 1535 in the British Museum. (The arms are Cardinal Pucci's) 412

Maiolica. Plate of Castel Durante ware about 1540, with a portrait medallion within a border of oak leaves. This pattern was called "Cerquata" or "al Urbinata," the oak being the badge of the Rovere house. In the British Museum 416

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