nd its symmetrical
formality of design, while the flow of every leaf is changeful.

249. (26.) _Study of the Sarcophagus of the Tomb of Mastino II.,
Verona._ (R.)

Sketched in 1852.

(27.) _Head of the recumbent Statue of Mastino II._ (A.)

Beautifully drawn by Mr. Burgess.

Can Mastino II. had three daughters:--Madonna Beatrice (called
afterwards "the Queen," for having "tutte le grazie che i cieli
ponno concedere a femina," and always simply called by historians
Lady "Reina" della Scala), Madonna Alta-luna, and Madonna Verde.
Lady Reina married Bernabo Visconti, Duke of Milan; Lady Alta-luna,
Louis of Brandebourg; and Lady Verde, Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua.
Their father died of "Sovereign melancholy" in 1350, being
forty-three years old.

(28.) _Part of Cornice of the Sarcophagus of Mastino II._ (A.)

One of the most beautiful Gothic cornices in Italy; its effect
being obtained with extreme simplicity of execution out of two
ridges of marble, each cut first into one united sharp edge all
along, and then drilled through, and modeled into leaf and flower.

(29.) _Sketch, real size, of the pattern incised and painted on the
drapery of the Tomb of Can Mastino II._ (R.)

It is worth notice for the variety of its pattern; observe, the
floral fillings of spaces resemble each other, but are never the
same. There is no end, when one begins drawing detail of this kind
carefully. Slight as it is, the sketch gives some idea of the easy
flow of the stone drapery, and of the care taken by the sculptor to
paint his pattern _as if_ it were bent at the apparent fold.

250. (30.) _Tomb of Can Signorio della Scala._

Samuel Prout's sketch on the spot; (afterwards lithographed by him
in his "Sketches in France and Italy";) quite admirable in feeling,
composition, and concise abstraction of essential character.

The family palace of the Scaligers, in which Dante was received, is
seen behind it.

(31.) _A single niche and part of the iron-work of the Tomb of Can
Signorio._ (R.)

As seen from the palace of the Scaligers; the remains of another
house of the same family are seen in the little street beyond.

(32.) _Study of details of the top of the Tomb of Can Signorio._ (R.)

Needing more work than I had time for, and quite spoiled by hurry;
but interesting in