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Vincenzo Foppa of Brescia, founder of the Lombard school, his life ...

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56 VINCENZO FOPPA<br />

inscription " m. t. ci — cero " (Marcus Tullius Cicero), but we have no clue<br />

as to what may have been inscribed on <strong>the</strong> o<strong>the</strong>r frescoes <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> series or as to<br />

<strong>the</strong> compositions treated.' It is probable, however, that <strong>the</strong>y replaced <strong>the</strong><br />

earlier decoration <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> parapet, consisting (if <strong>the</strong> scheme mentioned by<br />

Filarete was carried out) <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Virtues, and that <strong>the</strong> whole series was<br />

planned and executed, at all events in part, by <strong>Foppa</strong>.<br />

According to <strong>the</strong> chronological method which we have endeavoured to<br />

follow in t<strong>his</strong> volume, <strong>the</strong> Wallace fresco, as a work <strong>of</strong> later date, should have<br />

been more appropriately discussed in a subsequent chapter ; but as <strong>the</strong> only<br />

surviving relic <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> pictorial decoration <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> palace in Via de' Bossi it<br />

seemed more logical to include it here, though in <strong>the</strong> list <strong>of</strong> Poppa's paintings,<br />

arranged according to <strong>the</strong> approximate dates <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>ir production, it will be<br />

found classed with works <strong>of</strong><br />

1480-go.<br />

^<br />

Many probabilities suggest <strong>the</strong>mselves as to <strong>the</strong> possible meaning and intention <strong>of</strong><br />

t<strong>his</strong> series, but as we have no fur<strong>the</strong>r clues it would be idle to attempt to <strong>of</strong>fer any<br />

explanation or to enter into a discussion on <strong>the</strong>se points.

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