his own name and devices. It was when he reached this dizzy point of success that he arrogantly assumed the arms of the Florentine family and swept the lake at the head of a squadron led by his flagship, from which floated a red banner with the golden _palle_ of the Medici. When Il Medeghino died the Senate of Milan put on mourning, and in the cathedral we may see his splendid tomb, the work of Leone Lioni.[8] The services of Castruccio Castracane to the Ghibelline or Emperor's party in Italy were not recognized by such high honours. He led the simple, hardy life of a soldier, died in the harness at the beginning of a fresh campaign, and was buried at Lucca in the Church of S. Francesco, used now as a military magazine. [Illustration: _Alinari_ AN IRON LANTERN, PALAZZO BARONI, LUCCA] [Illustration: _Alinari A. Verrocchio_ MONUMENT OF GENERAL BARTOLOMMEO COLLEONI CAMPO DI S. GIOVANNI E. PAOLO. VENICE] [Illustration: MOAT OF THE CASTLE SARZANELLO, SARZANA] [Illustration: _Alinari_ _Donatello_ MONUMENT TO GENERAL GATTAMELATA, PADUA] [Illustration: _Alinari_ _Paolo Uccello_ EQUESTRIAN STATUE OF JOHN HAWKWOOD CATHEDRAL, FLORENCE] In physical strength and agility, in foxlike cunning and ready audacity, and in his sense of honour and justice, Castruccio resembles Bartolommeo Colleoni, of Bergamo, who trained under the greatest _condottiere_ of his age, distinguished himself in many engagements for the Visconti, and was finally elected general-in-chief of all the Venetian forces by the Republic of St. Mark, and received his truncheon of office from the hand of the Doge before the high altar of San Marco. At Bergamo we see his chapel, built by Amadeo, as a "monument of the warrior's puissance even in the grave." There also is the equestrian statue in gilded wood voted by the town of Bergamo, and, far more noteworthy, the beautiful tomb of his favorite daughter, Medea. But the great general's rightful monument is in Venice, where the "finest bronze equestrian statue in Italy, if we except the Marcus Aurelius of the Capital," was reared in his honour. The second great equestrian statue in Italy, strange to say, is also that of a _condottiere_--Erasmo da Narni, better known as Gattamelata, a noble work of Donatello, erected in the Piazza del Santo at Padua. [Illustration: _Alinari_ _Giorgione_ MADONNA AND CHILD, WITH TWO SAINTS PAROCHIAL CHURCH. CASTELFRANCO] [Illustration: _Hanfstaengl_ _Botticelli_ PORTRAIT OF A YOUNG FLORENTINE ROYAL GALLERY, BERLIN]