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22 LIFE OF BENVENUTO CELLINI [me. i
stance, set me in the workshop of the father of Cavaliere
Bandineho, who was named Michelagniolo, a goldsmith
from Pinzi di Monte, and who was very skilled in such
arts. He had no glory of family origin, but was the son
of a charcoal merchant.' This remark is not made by
* His family name was Brandini, a name that his son Baccio
(born on October 7th 1488) subsequently changed, wishing it to
be thought that he sprang from the noble Sienese house of Bandi-
nelli. He came from Gaiole in the Chianti district, and 7227/from the
Pizzidimonte near Prato, where he merely owned some property. He
was the son, not of a <c%<z7v<9%/ 772<?r<r/22Z72/, but of a His son
Baccio caused him to be buried in the Pazzi Chapel in the church of
the SS. Annunziata in Florence, in a tomb that he had secured by
executing certain of the statues in it. He had a shop near Or San
Michele, in the lane that leads to the Mercato Nuovo: and he is
praised by Raffaello di Montelupo in his Autobiographical Frag-
ment, and by VASARI in the Life of Baccio. (Q*i VASARI, ^2/.
MlLANESl r/A IV, 551; VI, 133, n. 2, 188 <? ; and IV, 553.)
CELLINI in the 772/7*272/2227/22772 to his 2772 //^ IF277A GW2/-
J77222A (edition cited above), p. 8, speaks thus of him : " Michelangelo
the Goldsmith, of Pinzidimonte, was a clever man and laboured in a
very great variety of ways, and set jewels very well. He worked in
engraving, in enamel, and with the chisel, after very fine designs;
and although he was not among men of supreme excellence, he
was such as to deserve commendation. This man was the father
of Baccino, who was created by Pope Clement a knight of St.
James, and gave himself a place in the family of Bandinelli. And
because he had neither family nor coat of arms, he took for his
cognizance the badge that is borne by the knights. Of him we
will speak sufficiently in his proper place." (7/i CESARE GuASTl,
O7V7V, IV, 6 2? jvo*., Z22 FiuVz 7*22722/277^/// 22 AAF/2//7722772A). Bandinelli
was also knighted by Charles V. He died at the age of seventy-
two. CELLINI speaks of him continually, and, disliking his avarice
as well as his envious and overbearing temper, he invariably attacks
and ridicules his works. In the opinion of Michelangelo, who
was by no means Bandinelli's friend, they are finely designed, and
would have been as finely executed had not the sculptor's grasp-
ing nature led him to adopt too hasty and loose a style. Posterity,
stance, set me in the workshop of the father of Cavaliere
Bandineho, who was named Michelagniolo, a goldsmith
from Pinzi di Monte, and who was very skilled in such
arts. He had no glory of family origin, but was the son
of a charcoal merchant.' This remark is not made by
* His family name was Brandini, a name that his son Baccio
(born on October 7th 1488) subsequently changed, wishing it to
be thought that he sprang from the noble Sienese house of Bandi-
nelli. He came from Gaiole in the Chianti district, and 7227/from the
Pizzidimonte near Prato, where he merely owned some property. He
was the son, not of a <c%<z7v<9%/ 772<?r<r/22Z72/, but of a His son
Baccio caused him to be buried in the Pazzi Chapel in the church of
the SS. Annunziata in Florence, in a tomb that he had secured by
executing certain of the statues in it. He had a shop near Or San
Michele, in the lane that leads to the Mercato Nuovo: and he is
praised by Raffaello di Montelupo in his Autobiographical Frag-
ment, and by VASARI in the Life of Baccio. (Q*i VASARI, ^2/.
MlLANESl r/A IV, 551; VI, 133, n. 2, 188 <? ; and IV, 553.)
CELLINI in the 772/7*272/2227/22772 to his 2772 //^ IF277A GW2/-
J77222A (edition cited above), p. 8, speaks thus of him : " Michelangelo
the Goldsmith, of Pinzidimonte, was a clever man and laboured in a
very great variety of ways, and set jewels very well. He worked in
engraving, in enamel, and with the chisel, after very fine designs;
and although he was not among men of supreme excellence, he
was such as to deserve commendation. This man was the father
of Baccino, who was created by Pope Clement a knight of St.
James, and gave himself a place in the family of Bandinelli. And
because he had neither family nor coat of arms, he took for his
cognizance the badge that is borne by the knights. Of him we
will speak sufficiently in his proper place." (7/i CESARE GuASTl,
O7V7V, IV, 6 2? jvo*., Z22 FiuVz 7*22722/277^/// 22 AAF/2//7722772A). Bandinelli
was also knighted by Charles V. He died at the age of seventy-
two. CELLINI speaks of him continually, and, disliking his avarice
as well as his envious and overbearing temper, he invariably attacks
and ridicules his works. In the opinion of Michelangelo, who
was by no means Bandinelli's friend, they are finely designed, and
would have been as finely executed had not the sculptor's grasp-
ing nature led him to adopt too hasty and loose a style. Posterity,