by Andrea, in company with other youths, in drawing from the cartoons of Michael Angelo and Leonardo, which adorned the walls of the large papal hall in the Convent of S. Maria Novella, and in studying the frescoes of Masaccio, Ghirlandajo, and Rosselli in the churches of the Carmine, Ogni Santi, San Ambrogio, Santa Maria Novella, and in the Santa Trinita. Thus the time sped, and amongst the group of talented young Florentines who worked together Andrea was ever foremost. One of these brilliant boy-artists, Franciabigio, was a young man whose character and conversation were sympathetic to Andrea, and Vasari tells us they very soon "made friends" and confided to each other the difficulties of their positions. Francia's master, Albertinelli, was about to relinquish his profession and open a trattoria ; and Andrea told Franciabigio that, for his part, he thought he could no longer endure the oddities and eccentricities of his old master Cosimo. So the two ardent youths de- termined to start together, and in a little while they took a room in the Piazza del Grano, and there opened a bottega on their own account, where they conducted many works in company.* * Del Sarto matriculated in the School of Medicine, December 12, 1508. This guild included painters, and was termed Arte de medici esperizle. linari photo]