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

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LOST OR MISSING WORKS 275<br />

Between 1478 and 1481.<br />

Altarpiece for <strong>the</strong> Chapel <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Spinola di S. Luca family in S. Domenico,<br />

Genoa, probably in two tiers, with <strong>the</strong> Madonna, St. John Baptist, and three<br />

o<strong>the</strong>r saints in <strong>the</strong> lower course (?) ; and above, <strong>the</strong> Crucifixion with <strong>the</strong> two<br />

thieves, <strong>the</strong> Madonna, St. John <strong>the</strong> Evangelist and <strong>the</strong> Magdalen. Ch. vi,<br />

PP- 133-136. Missing.<br />

c. 1485 (?). (Doubtful if by <strong>Foppa</strong>.)<br />

Frescoes in a Chapel <strong>of</strong> S. Maria di Brera, Milan, belonging to <strong>the</strong> same<br />

series as <strong>the</strong> St. Sebastian at <strong>the</strong> Brera : a glory <strong>of</strong> angels, ceiling fresco.<br />

Ch. VI, p. 147. Destroyed.<br />

St.<br />

Roch, same series as preceding, transferred to canvas in <strong>the</strong> eighteenth<br />

century, and ascribed to Luini. Ch. vi, ibid. Missing.<br />

February, 1489. Date <strong>of</strong> payment.<br />

Altarpiece for <strong>the</strong> Chapel <strong>of</strong> Lazzaro Doria di Opicino in <strong>the</strong> Certosa <strong>of</strong><br />

Rivarolo, near Genoa. Subjects unknown, but probable that in <strong>the</strong> centre<br />

was represented : St. Anne with <strong>the</strong> Madonna and Child, and among <strong>the</strong><br />

single figures SS. Stephen, Bartholomew, and Lazarus (?)• Doc. 42 and<br />

ch. VI, pp. 154-156. Missing.<br />

July, 1489. Date <strong>of</strong> valuation.<br />

Altarpiece, with SS. Vincent, John Baptist, and Andrew, in <strong>the</strong> Chapel <strong>of</strong><br />

St. Vincent Ferrerio, Church <strong>of</strong> S. Maria di Castello, Genoa. Begun but<br />

left unfinished by <strong>Foppa</strong>. Doc. 45 ;<br />

ch. vii, p. 163. Destroyed (?).<br />

May-September, 1489.<br />

Fresco on <strong>the</strong> south wall <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Loggetta at <strong>the</strong> upper end <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Piazza<br />

Maggiore, <strong>Brescia</strong>. Doc. 52 ; ch. vii and viii, pp. 164, 184. Destroyed.<br />

December, 1489.<br />

Cross for <strong>the</strong> Church <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Carmine, Pavia ;<br />

commission undertaken by<br />

<strong>Foppa</strong> ; work probably executed in part by himself with <strong>the</strong> co-operation <strong>of</strong><br />

<strong>his</strong> bro<strong>the</strong>r-in-law, Bartolomeo Caylina, and <strong>of</strong> Crist<strong>of</strong>oro Rocchi, <strong>the</strong><br />

carver (?). Docs. 50, 51 ; ch. vii, p. 170 and note i. Missing.<br />

October-November, 1490.<br />

Fur<strong>the</strong>r frescoes in <strong>the</strong> Loggetta at <strong>Brescia</strong>. Docs. 56, 57 ;<br />

ch. viii,<br />

p. 184. Destroyed.

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