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

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Chap. VII. ALTARPIECE, SAVONA i8i<br />

must have employed at least two assistants, Lodovico Brea and ano<strong>the</strong>r<br />

whose identity is still shrouded in mystery. Here again, as in that unsolved<br />

problem in <strong>the</strong> <strong>his</strong>tory <strong>of</strong> Italian art <strong>the</strong> Portinari Chapel, <strong>the</strong> discovery <strong>of</strong> a<br />

document relating to <strong>the</strong> work would be <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> highest interest ; but until<br />

fur<strong>the</strong>r evidence comes to light <strong>the</strong> altarpiece <strong>of</strong> S. Maria di Castello can only<br />

be classed as a work undertaken by <strong>Foppa</strong> and executed in part by himself<br />

with <strong>the</strong> co-operation <strong>of</strong> o<strong>the</strong>r painters.'<br />

'<br />

Considering <strong>the</strong> great importance <strong>of</strong> t<strong>his</strong> altarpiece and its present deplorable<br />

and neglected condition, it is most earnestly to be desired that those in authority<br />

at Savona who have <strong>the</strong> guardianship <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> picture might be induced to consign it to<br />

<strong>the</strong> care <strong>of</strong> Pr<strong>of</strong>essor Cavenaghi for restoration, before it is too late.

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