Taddeo Zuccaro--Federigo Zuccaro--Their pupils--Federigo Baroccio and his pupils--Claudio Ridolfi--Painters of Gubbio 355 CHAPTER LIV Foreign artists patronised by the Dukes della Rovere--The tomb of Julius II. by Michael Angelo--Character and influence of his genius--Titian's works for Urbino--Palma Giovane--Il Semolei--Sculptors at Urbino 381 CHAPTER LV Of the manufacture of majolica in the Duchy of Urbino 403 APPENDICES I. Correspondence of Clement VII. with Duke Francesco Maria before the sack of Rome, 1527 427 II. The sack of Rome 429 III. The Duke of Urbino's justification, 1527 444 IV. Sketch of the negotiations of Castiglione at the court of Madrid, 1525-1529 448 V. Account of the armada of Don John of Austria at Messina, 1571 452 VI. Indulgence conceded to the corona of the Grand Duke of Tuscany by Pius V., 1666 456 VII. Monumental inscriptions of the ducal family of Urbino 458 VIII. Statistics of Urbino 463 IX. Two sonnets by Pietro Aretino on Titian's portraits of Duke Francesco Maria I. and his Duchess Leonora 470 X. Petition to Guidobaldo II. Duke of Urbino, by certain Majolica-makers in Pesaro 472 XI. Letter from the Archbishop of Urbino to Cardinal Giulio della Rovere, regarding a service of Majolica 474 XII. Collections of art made by the Dukes of Urbino 476 DENNISTOUN'S LIST OF AUTHORITIES FOR THE WORK 490 GENEALOGICAL TABLE 501 INDEX 505 ILLUSTRATIONS Francesco Maria II. della Rovere, Duke of Urbino. After the picture by Baroccio in the Uffizi Gallery, Florence. (Photo Anderson) _Frontispiece_ FACING PAGE The Emperor Charles V. From the picture by Titian in the Prado Gallery, Madrid. (Photo Anderson) 28 Guidobaldo II., Duke of Urbino. From a picture in the Albani Palace in Rome 88 ? Guidobaldo II. della Rovere. From the picture by Titian in the Pitti Gallery, Florence. (Probably once in the Ducal Collection.) (Photo Alinari) 90 Isabella d'Este. After the picture by Titian in the Imperial Museum, Vienna. (Photo Franz Hanfstaengl) 134