17 JANUARY 1914, Page 17

THE ART OF SIENA.

ITO TIM EMT. or 150 ••SPECTA7011.”) Stu,-.-A French edition of my History of Siena has been asked for, and will shortly be published. I am anxious to make the chapters dealing with the art of Siena as complete as possible. I shall therefore be glad to receive any informs Lion you" readers may be able to give me about pictures in private collections by Sienese maatera, or by artists intimately eouneeted with the Sienese school, such as Pintoricchio and Sodoma. It can be proved by the evidence of documents in Siena and by references in sale catalogues that there are in this country several missing pictures of the school of Siena, including important works by Duccio, Ugolino da Siena, and Pietro Lorenzen'. It is possible that these pictures may he passing under the names of other early masters, Florentine or Umbrian. I shall be grateful to any one who will assist me to rediscover them.—I am, Sir, Ac.,