Nevertheless, his spirit breathes amidst the ruin, and modern critics have recognised the justice of Morelli's view, rather than that of Crowe and Cavalcaselle, who suggested Schiavone as the "author."

This excludes Licinio and Schiavone (both of whom have been suggested as the artist), for the latter was not even born, and the formerwhose earliest known picture is dated 1520must have been far too young in 1510 to have already achieved so splendid a result.