Note the impulsive urgency of the splendid Charity, with her two babies, and the quiet beauty of the Madonna and Child above all, while the proportions and delicate patterns of the tomb as a whole still remain to excite one's pleasure and admiration.

We shall see many tombs in Florence--few not beautiful--but none more joyously accomplished than this.

The tomb of Carlo Marsuppini in S.Croce by Desiderio da Settignano, which awaits us, was undoubtedly the parent of the Ugo, Mino following his master very closely; but his charm was his own.

According to Vasari, the Ugo tomb was considered to be Mino's finest achievement, and he deliberately made the Madonna and Child as like the types of his beloved Desiderio as he could.

It was finished in 1481, and Mino died in 1484, from a chill following over-exertion in moving heavy stones.