One evening an old woman with a candle showed me, for half a lira, the sordid museum of Arezzo, and in it I discovered a painting by Margaritone, a "St.Francis," the pious sadness of which moved me to tears.

I was deeply touched, and Margaritone, of Arezzo became from that day my dearest primitive.
I picture to myself the Penguin primitives in conformity with the works of that master.

It will not therefore be thought superfluous if in this place I consider his works with some attention, if not in detail, at least under their more general and, if I dare say so, most representative aspect.
We possess five or six pictures signed with his hand.

His masterpiece, preserved in the National Gallery of London, represents the Virgin seated on a throne and holding the infant Jesus in her arms.

What strikes one first when one looks at this figure is the proportion.