Three  of  the  five  bas-reliefs  at  the  Bargello,  which  are  all  that
remain  of  it,  are  mere  fragments,  but  the  other  two,  though
injured,  are  tolerably  perfect.  One  of  them  represents  the
Saint  expelling  a  demon  from  the  body  of  the  monk  Florenzio,
and  tbe  other  the  removal  of  the  Saint's  remains  from  Pasig-
nano to  Yallombrosa  upon  a  bier  borne  by  monks  and  attended
by  an  angel  with  outspread  wings.  The  beauty  of  this  celestial
attendant  is  set  off  by  the  writhing  form  of  a  boy  possessed  with
a  devil  {see  tail-piece),  who  brought  with  hope  of  cure  to  meet
the  procession,  struggles  in  the  arms  of  his  keepers.  Skilfully
wrought,  and  well  composed,  these  reliefs  show  that  Benedetto
had  dramatic  power  as  well  as  great  technical  skill,  and  had
this  monument  and  that  which  he  made  for  Cardinal  Wolsey
escaped  destruction,  we  should  not,  as  now,  feel  that  his  talents
are  but  inadequately  represented.
'  The  Cardinal's  tomb,  which  consisted  of  a  marble  sarcopha-
gus with  bronze  enrichments,  was  commenced  by  Benedetto  in
1624,  five  years  before  Wolsey  fell  from  power.  Henry  "Vlil.
then  ordered  him  to  complete  it  for  himself,  but  although  it
must  have  been  finished  long  before  the  monarch's  death  (1647)>
he  was  not  buried  in  it,  nor  was  Charles  I.,  as  he  also  intended
to  have  been.  Its  rich  metal  work  was  melted  down  in  1646
by  order  of  Parliament,  and  the  sarcophagus  remained  unten-
anted until  1806,  when  it  received  the  remains  of  the  hero  of
Trafalgar.  How  long  Benedetto  remained  in  England  we  do
not  know,  but  he  probably  returned  to  Florence  long  before  his
death,  which  took  place  about  1662,  after  he  had  passed  twelve
years  in  a  state  of  total  blindness.
