CH. xiii] LIFE OF BENVENUTO CELLINI 367
see all round it, that the people will speak of it after
this same fashion; rather there will be discovered all the
defects that there are in it, and many will be attributed
to it which are not there. Therefore let him provide
himself with patience." Now these were words of Ban-
dinello addressed to the Duke, along with which he
quoted the works of Andrea del Verocchio/ who made
that fine <%73of N<373?<777277M.SY7 (Ac) in bronze, which
may be seen on the fagade of Horsamichele (Ac); and he
cited many other works down to the wonderful Zk?AAc
(Ac) of the divine Michelagniolo Buonaroti, saying that
that figure only showed off well when seen in front; ^ and
then he spoke about the numerous and abusive sonnets
which had been attached to his T/AcAc-s* %7M? (Ac^c and
abused this public (of Florence). My Duke, who be-
lieved in him very much, had induced him to utter
those expressions, and he thought that for certain the
event must come out to a great extent in that way;
for that envious (creature) of a Bandinello never left off
speaking evil. And upon one occasion amongst many
^ Andrea del Verocchio, goldsmith, painter, sculptor, and archi-
tect. A native of Florence, he was born in 1435 and died in 1488.
He abandoned painting on finding himself surpassed by his famous
pupil, Leonardo da Vinci. The work here alluded to is his cele-
brated group of CAVA <37;V S7. which may still be seen on
the facade of the Church of Or San Michele in Florence, on the
side facing the Via Calzaiuoli. dy. VASARI, FzA, cV. MlLANESl czY.,
Vol. Ill, pp. 357-377-
^ 6/i Book II, Chap. VIII, j&yVu:, p. 247, n. 2. If CELLINI be
correct the judgement of Bandinelli upon this point is both unjust
and malignant, and inspired by his rancorous envy of the fame of
Buonarroti. The student, for further appreciation of Michelangelo's
difficulties in the matter of this celebrated work of art, is referred
to VASARI'S Af/i? of that famous artist.