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INTRODUCTION.
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oval of very dissicult confc ruCtion, which he left un»
liniffied) and made deligns for two villas of the S. Sh
Orsini, near Viterbo, that were carried into execution
*—as likewise others for edifices in Puglia.
In this situation he began a treatjse on the Anti-
quities of Rome, and a commentary on Vitruvius 5
making drawings for the latter as he went on with
the work. Parts of these undertakings were, when
Vasari wrote, in the hands of Francesco Sanese his
disciple. Sebastian Serlio, a Bolognese, and Giacomo
Melighino of Ferrara, Architect to Paul III. became
possessed os the remaining part of what Peruzzi lest
behind him; the former profited largely by his col-
lections, observations and deligns, in composing his
own book on Architecture.
The court of the palace of the ducal family of
Altemps, in Rome, is supposed to have been repair-
ed and refitted by Peruzzi. The palace of the Mar-
quis Silvestri, opposite St. Lorenzo in Damaso,1 and
the House of Sig. Giuseppe Costa in Borgo k Nuovo,
were built after his designs : the latter was probably
taken down sor its vicinity to St. Peter’s.
This great Architect and Painter was born in
family distress; harrassed, through life, with mis-
fortune; and never in any comsortable degree ap-
proached to easy circumstances. His attention was
more earnestly exerted in the attainment os profes-
sional excellence, than of the gain due to his services.
Of this indifference to pecuniary reward the molt
* See P, Ferrerio. Tom. II. No. 34, date uncertain.
|bid, No, 46, date uncertain,
opulent
XXV4
oval of very dissicult confc ruCtion, which he left un»
liniffied) and made deligns for two villas of the S. Sh
Orsini, near Viterbo, that were carried into execution
*—as likewise others for edifices in Puglia.
In this situation he began a treatjse on the Anti-
quities of Rome, and a commentary on Vitruvius 5
making drawings for the latter as he went on with
the work. Parts of these undertakings were, when
Vasari wrote, in the hands of Francesco Sanese his
disciple. Sebastian Serlio, a Bolognese, and Giacomo
Melighino of Ferrara, Architect to Paul III. became
possessed os the remaining part of what Peruzzi lest
behind him; the former profited largely by his col-
lections, observations and deligns, in composing his
own book on Architecture.
The court of the palace of the ducal family of
Altemps, in Rome, is supposed to have been repair-
ed and refitted by Peruzzi. The palace of the Mar-
quis Silvestri, opposite St. Lorenzo in Damaso,1 and
the House of Sig. Giuseppe Costa in Borgo k Nuovo,
were built after his designs : the latter was probably
taken down sor its vicinity to St. Peter’s.
This great Architect and Painter was born in
family distress; harrassed, through life, with mis-
fortune; and never in any comsortable degree ap-
proached to easy circumstances. His attention was
more earnestly exerted in the attainment os profes-
sional excellence, than of the gain due to his services.
Of this indifference to pecuniary reward the molt
* See P, Ferrerio. Tom. II. No. 34, date uncertain.
|bid, No, 46, date uncertain,
opulent