[88] "That stupendous thief Napoleon Bonaparte." This magnificent title was conferred on the dead Emperor by a poor little withered custodian of an Umbrian church.
[89] Since writing the above, we have been shown a very early MS., which shows that Pietro's bones were taken from the ditch by a priest and buried under the walls of his church at Fontignano.
[90] L'Ingegno is a mysterious figure in the school of Perugino. Our National Gallery has a picture signed A. A. P. (ANDREAS ALOYSII PINXIT) which is believed to be an authentic work of his. We have no distinct records of the man, though the pictures ascribed to him are very numerous. The best known of these are at Assisi. His work and his personality are a sort of shadow of Perugino. Vasari felt no sort of doubts about l'Ingegno; indeed he pronounced him to be the best master of Perugino's school, and vying with Raphael in his studio. He also tells us that l'Ingegno's glory was early withered by the curse of blindness; this fact has, however, been disproved by Rumohr, who has made very careful research upon the subject. Whatever l'Ingegno was, or whatever he did, one cannot ignore his existence in a survey of the Umbrian school, and the very fact of the mystery in which he is shrouded attracts and draws one to him.
[91] There is a beautiful bit of his work in the little old church of S. Martino at Perugia. (See p. 215.)
[92] The Cambio is in the same block of buildings as the Palazzo Pubblico, though separated from these by the Via dei Priori. It is the hall in which the members of the Exchange met in old days to settle their affairs. For full account of the history of the Exchange at Perugia, and of its meeting-room, see _Storia Artistica del Cambio di Perugia_--Adamo Rossi.
[93] The pictures of Perugia were formerly stored in the museum of the University. In 1871 they were removed to the top storey of the Palazzo Pubblico, and here, since they may never again return to church or convent, they have found a permanent and fitting home.
[94] Two fine portraits in the Palazzo Baldeschi are attributed to Velasquez, but there is no proof that the Spanish painter really came to paint them. Another beautiful picture--the property of Count Meniconi Braceschi, at Perugia--is attributed to Filippo Lippi, but is more probably the work of Neri di Bicci.