A TOMB AT RAVENNA 
of “ the divine forest ” in Paradise to the rustling of 
the wind and the joyous singing of the birds in the 
pine-trees on the shore of Classis. 
But the tomb which forms the subject of our illus¬ 
tration belongs to a later age. The old Franciscan 
church, round which the proudest memories of medi¬ 
aeval Ravenna cluster, once held another sepulchral 
monument, which has lately been removed to the neigh¬ 
bouring museum known as the Accademia di belle Arti. 
It is the effigy of Guidarello Guidarelli, a soldier of 
renown in his day, and was the work of a great sculptor, 
Tullio Lombardo. Of Guidarello himself we know 
little, but both his valiant deeds and the mysterious 
and tragic fate which ended his career in the flower of 
his manhood are typical of the age in which he lived, 
while the statue which the Venetian master carved in 
his honour is of surpassing beauty. 
The family from which our hero sprang originally 
came from Florence, and settled in Ravenna early in 
the fifteenth century. Here they soon acquired 
wealth and renown. Their palace stood near the 
Duomo, in the old street now called the Via Guida¬ 
rello, and they owned considerable property in land 
and houses in the neighbourhood. Francesco Guida¬ 
relli held several important posts under Government, 
and was sent on one occasion as ambassador to Venice. 
When, in December 1468, the Emperor Frederic III 
visited Ravenna, Francesco’s son, Guidarello, was one 
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