e story of the Magi on two
folding-doors that enclose that Madonna, which is held in vast
veneration in that city; but the work did not long remain there, for it
was removed because it was being spoilt by the smoke of the candles, and
placed in the sacristy, where it is much admired by the painters of
Verona.

In the tramezzo[4] of the Church of S. Bernardino, above the Chapel of
the Company of the Magdalene, he painted in fresco the story of the
Purification, wherein is a figure of Simeon that is much extolled, as
also is that of the Infant Christ, who with great affection is kissing
that old man, who is holding Him in his arms; and very beautiful,
likewise, is a priest standing there on one side, who, with his arms
extended and his face uplifted towards Heaven, appears to be thanking
God for the salvation of the world. Beside this chapel is a picture of
the story of the Magi by the hand of the same Liberale; and in the
pediment of the picture there is the Death of the Madonna, executed
with little figures, which are highly extolled. Great, indeed, was his
delight in painting works with little figures, with which he always took
such pains that they seem to be the work rather of an illuminator than
of a painter, as may be seen in the Duomo of the same city, where there
is a picture by his hand of the story of the Magi, with a vast number of
little figures, horses, dogs, and various other animals, and near them a
group of rosy-coloured Cherubim, who serve as a support to the Mother of
Jesus. In this picture the heads are so finished, and everything is
executed with such diligence, that, as I have said, it appears to be the
work of an illuminator.

He also painted stories of Our Lady on a small predella, likewise after
the manner of miniatures, for the Chapel of the Madonna in the Duomo.
But this was afterwards removed from that chapel by order of Monsignor
Messer Giovan Matteo Giberti, Bishop of Verona, and placed in the Palace
of the Vescovado, which is the residence of the Bishops, in that chapel
wherein they hear Mass every morning. And there that predella stands in
company with a most beautiful Crucifix in relief, executed by Giovanni
Battista Veronese, a sculptor, who now lives in Mantua. Liberale also
painted a panel-picture for the Chapel of the Allegni in S. Vitale,
containing a figure of S. Mestro, the Confessor, a Veronese and a man of
great sanctity, whom he placed between a S. Francis and a S. Dominic.
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