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CH. x] LIFE OF BENVENUTO CELLINI 187
him, a man of culture; Misser Antonio AHegretti/ and
then the young Misser Annibal Caro/ From other cities
were Misser Bastiano, the Venetian/ a most excellent
painter, and myself; and at one time we met almost
every day at the said Misser Giovanni's. Wherefore, on
account of this friendship, that worthy man Raffaello,
the goldsmith, spake to the said Misser Giovanni: " My
dear Misser Giovanni, you know me well. And because
I want to give that young daughter of mine to Benvenuto,
i A Florentine poet, a friend of Alamanni, Caro, and Tolomei.
ATANAGI speaks of him as of Azgy^Tzz? 7Zz?<$zV^ ^yhzzf? zfz7^*7zz z5z77zzA,*
VARCHI, as ^zh'MW czv/zzzTzzzh? <? Ag^zhzfh? 772z7<%7. Among his still
extant poems are two sonnets in praise of Cellini's " Perseus."
(y?wzzA'^, yzf. MlLANESI, p. 408. (7/1 MAZZUCHELLI, &yz'#<77i zf
TZzz/z'zz, Vol. I, pp. 1, 502).
^ A celebrated writer from the Marches. He was born on
June 19th 1507 at Civitanova in the March of Ancona, wherefore at
this date he was twenty-three. As tutor to the sons of Luigi Gaddi
he became known to Monsignor Giovanni, but he was also in the
service of Monsignor Guidiccioni, of Pier Luigi Farnese, and of
other nobles. He died in Rome in November 1566, and was buried
in the church of San Lorenzo in Damaso. Regarding his relations
with Cellini <?/l PLON, <y. zrz7., p. 95 <? -sygg".
3 Better known as Sebastiano del Piombo, from his employment
in the Office of the Papal Privy Seal, for which he deserted the
Art of Painting. The son of Luciano (BACCI, z^. zrzz*., p. 98 n., says
APzz7zr<?.s'zrz?) Luciani, he was born in Venice in 1485, and became a
prolific painter of great skill and brilliancy of colouring. It is pos-
sible that he studied under the Bellini, and he certainly derived his
colour from association with Giorgione. In the Farnesina in Rome
he painted for Agostino Chigi a series of frescoes from OviD's
Tf,?hz77zz7?yVzuv.s', but his most striking work is, perhaps, a ZV^yz-
^zz?7z in the Museum at Viterbo, which is unsurpassed in dramatic
force and realism. His numerous portraits also display much skill
and truthful insight into the character of his sitters. He died in
RomeonJune2ist 1547. (Qf VASARI, Fz/z^zZ MiLANESiczY., Vol. V,
565-576, and Azyyz'77z. See also Chap. XI, pp. 215, 216, 217, zzz/Pzz.
him, a man of culture; Misser Antonio AHegretti/ and
then the young Misser Annibal Caro/ From other cities
were Misser Bastiano, the Venetian/ a most excellent
painter, and myself; and at one time we met almost
every day at the said Misser Giovanni's. Wherefore, on
account of this friendship, that worthy man Raffaello,
the goldsmith, spake to the said Misser Giovanni: " My
dear Misser Giovanni, you know me well. And because
I want to give that young daughter of mine to Benvenuto,
i A Florentine poet, a friend of Alamanni, Caro, and Tolomei.
ATANAGI speaks of him as of Azgy^Tzz? 7Zz?<$zV^ ^yhzzf? zfz7^*7zz z5z77zzA,*
VARCHI, as ^zh'MW czv/zzzTzzzh? <? Ag^zhzfh? 772z7<%7. Among his still
extant poems are two sonnets in praise of Cellini's " Perseus."
(y?wzzA'^, yzf. MlLANESI, p. 408. (7/1 MAZZUCHELLI, &yz'#<77i zf
TZzz/z'zz, Vol. I, pp. 1, 502).
^ A celebrated writer from the Marches. He was born on
June 19th 1507 at Civitanova in the March of Ancona, wherefore at
this date he was twenty-three. As tutor to the sons of Luigi Gaddi
he became known to Monsignor Giovanni, but he was also in the
service of Monsignor Guidiccioni, of Pier Luigi Farnese, and of
other nobles. He died in Rome in November 1566, and was buried
in the church of San Lorenzo in Damaso. Regarding his relations
with Cellini <?/l PLON, <y. zrz7., p. 95 <? -sygg".
3 Better known as Sebastiano del Piombo, from his employment
in the Office of the Papal Privy Seal, for which he deserted the
Art of Painting. The son of Luciano (BACCI, z^. zrzz*., p. 98 n., says
APzz7zr<?.s'zrz?) Luciani, he was born in Venice in 1485, and became a
prolific painter of great skill and brilliancy of colouring. It is pos-
sible that he studied under the Bellini, and he certainly derived his
colour from association with Giorgione. In the Farnesina in Rome
he painted for Agostino Chigi a series of frescoes from OviD's
Tf,?hz77zz7?yVzuv.s', but his most striking work is, perhaps, a ZV^yz-
^zz?7z in the Museum at Viterbo, which is unsurpassed in dramatic
force and realism. His numerous portraits also display much skill
and truthful insight into the character of his sitters. He died in
RomeonJune2ist 1547. (Qf VASARI, Fz/z^zZ MiLANESiczY., Vol. V,
565-576, and Azyyz'77z. See also Chap. XI, pp. 215, 216, 217, zzz/Pzz.