THE PITTI GALLERY. 
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accept a cardinal’s hat. He died—it is supposed by poison¬ 
in 1535. 
Near it are very beautiful portraits of Charles I. of England, 
and Henrietta Maria, by Vandyke. 
The Death of Abel is a large and very powerfully painted 
picture, by Andrea Schiavone (1522-1582). Beneath it is one 
of the most lovely compositions of Carlo Dolce (1616-1686), 
John the Baptist when a child asleep, watched over by 
Elizabeth. The tranquil sleep of infancy is beautifully given, 
and the colouring and chiaroscuro have the fulness and 
power of Ludovico Caracci. Santa Rosa, by the same 
artist, has his usual qualities of sweetness and finish, with 
insipidity. 
Beyond the picture of Schiavone, near the corner, is the 
portrait of Cardinal Bernardo Dovizi of Bibbiena, by Raffaelle 
It is a most wonderfully life-like picture of an astute, polishec 
ecclesiastic, mild but determined ; his hands are very elegantl 
formed, and rich with jewels. The picture is only in part by 
Raffaelle, who executed another some years later, which is nov 
in the Museum at Madrid. The cardinal was the son of poo 
parents in the Casentino, a valley behind the mountains o 
Vallombrosa, and he took the name of Bibbiena from his native 
city. He began life as tutor to the sons of Lorenzo de’ Medic: 
who had already secured the services of his brother as secretary 
When Bibbiena’s pupil became Pope Leo X. (1515), he wa 
created a cardinal. He died suddenly at Rome in 1520 
Paolo Giovio, the historian, whose monument is in the Cloiste 
of San Lorenzo, attributes the death of the cardinal to poiso 
in a dish of new-laid eggs. 
Above this picture is the Three Ages of Man, by Lorenz 
Lotto, the Venetian (c. 1480-1554). 
On the second wall is a picture, by Fra Bartolomme¬ 
Christ Rising from the Tomb, with the Evangelists on either sid 
The two prophets, Job and Isaiah, now in the Tribune of th 
Uffizi Gallery, were painted as appendages to this altar-piec