Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility. The following pages on the life and work of del Sarto are but a portion of a larger intention, the purpose of which was to present, in illustrated form, and with full particulars, all the known or accredited works of the master in European Galleries. For the moment the hope of publishing so large a collection of illustra tions has had to be relinquished. Andrea, more than any other artist of the Renaissance in Tuscany, demands close and intimate study direct from his creations, and more especially from those in Florence.
