knees. 236. Brother Lorenzo: Lorenzo Monaco, of the same school. 276. Guidi : Tommaso Guidi, or Masaccio, nicknamed "Hulking Tom" (1401-1429). [Vasari makes him Lippo's predecessor. Browning followed the best knowledge of his time in making him, instead, Lippo's pupil. Vasari is now thought to be right.] 323. A Saint Laurence . . . at Prato: near Florence, where Lippi painted many saints. [Vasari speaks of a Saint Stephen painted there in the same realistic manner as Browning's Saint Laurence, whose martyrdom of broiling to death on a gridiron affords Lippo's powers a livelier effect.] The legend of this saint makes his fortitude such that he bade his persecutors turn him over, as he was "done on one side." 346. Something in Sant Ambrogio's: picture of the Virgin crowned with angels and saints, painted for Saint Ambrose Church, now at the Belle Arti in Florence. Vasari says by means of it he became known to Cosimo. Browning, on the other hand, crowns his poem with Lippo's description of this picture as an expiation for his pranks. 354. Saint John: the Baptist; see reference to camel-hair, line 375 and Matthew iii. 4. 355. Saint Ambrose: (340-397), Archbishop of Milan. 358. Man of Uz : Job i. 1. 377. [Iste perfecit opus]: this one completed the work. 381. Hot cockles: an old-fashioned game.
ANDREA DEL SARTO
(CALLED "THE FAULTLESS PAINTER")
1855
But do not let us quarrel any more, No, my Lucrezia; bear with me for once: Sit down and all shall happen as you wish. You turn your face, but does it bring your heart? I'll work then for your friend's friend, never fear, Treat his own subject after his own way, Fix his own time, accept too his own price, And shut the money into this small hand When next it takes mine. Will it? tenderly? Oh, I'll content him—but to-morrow. Love! 10 I often am much wearier than you think, This evening more than usual, and it seems As if—forgive now—should you let
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