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7V T'/fL
tetti, kittori e Lcultori,"^ Lc.) bas treated tbe like of Bapbael witb peculiar
care; but ttrere vers several circumstances in ttre earl^ life of tbe painter
wbicb lie was not acquainted witb ; Ire bad onl^ confused notions as to
tbe works in tire lrrst "Lanrera" of tire Vatican, and ire Iras entirely
omitted notices of man;/ easel-pictures, wbicb lrad been already dis-
persed.
It must be acknowledged, Irorvever, tlrat be indicates witb sullrcient
clearness tbs cbronological order of paintings ; tlrat bis opinions are gene-
rall/ ver;/ correct, altbougb ratber too uniformly entbusiastic, and tbat be
foresaw tbe great induence Bapbael would exercise on tbe bistor^ of art.
Witbout tbe treasures of information to be found in bis work, our present
task rvould be almost impossible.
In 1790, tbere appeared at B.ome tbe "Vita inedita di Badaello da
Urbino," illustrated rvitb notes bzr Angelo Oomolli." 7^.n endeavour bas
been made to prove tbat tins biograpb/ rvas anterior to all tbe otber
biograpbies of Bapbael. Lomolli even believes tbat it rvas drarvn up
almost immediately after tbe deatb of Bapbael b^ Oiovanni della Lasa.
T^nd ^et it is merely a meagre extract from Vasari, rvitb tbe addition of
a ferv fresb documents. Ibis rvas perceived b^ Oan^i. 7Wd indeed tbe
anonymous autbors and Vasari are so mucb alike tbat one must certainly
bave copied from tbs otber. Ibis eMs?' must be Vasari, for tbe anony-
mous rvriter gives information about tbs portraits of libaldeo and Laron-
delet, and of tbe " Lbild " in marble, works wbicb were unknown in tbe
time of Vasari, and were onl^ discovered in tbe last century. Obe anony-
mous writer commits certain errors, wbicb a contemporary of Bapbael
could not bave done, Bor example, be states (p. 22) tbat Bapbael
painted tbe Ilol^- Oamil^, for Oom. Lanigiani, in 1516; (p. 24) tbat on
bis arrival at Ooms be met Bietro della Orancesca and Lramante da
blilano (botb baving been long dead); (p. Zz) tbat be bad painted tbe
portrait of Oonna Beatrice d'Oste (altbougb tbere was at tbat time no
princess of tbat name in tbe family of Osts; Vasari merely names
Beatrice Oerrarese); (p. 6z) tbat be bad been named, b/ Oeo X., super-
intendent of tbs works of art at tbe Vatican (wbilst tbe brief of tbe 2/tb
' Birenre, 1550, 2nd edition, enlarged and improved, in 1568. 1°ke lite of Pappas!
also appeared separate!/, under tke title "Vita di paifaells da ttrbino, kittors ed
Ttrcditetto, tratta da guslis de' pittori, Lcultori ed ^rckitetti, di Oior^io Vasari. In
Itoma, 1751."
Lecond edition, corrected, in 179?.
7V T'/fL
tetti, kittori e Lcultori,"^ Lc.) bas treated tbe like of Bapbael witb peculiar
care; but ttrere vers several circumstances in ttre earl^ life of tbe painter
wbicb lie was not acquainted witb ; Ire bad onl^ confused notions as to
tbe works in tire lrrst "Lanrera" of tire Vatican, and ire Iras entirely
omitted notices of man;/ easel-pictures, wbicb lrad been already dis-
persed.
It must be acknowledged, Irorvever, tlrat be indicates witb sullrcient
clearness tbs cbronological order of paintings ; tlrat bis opinions are gene-
rall/ ver;/ correct, altbougb ratber too uniformly entbusiastic, and tbat be
foresaw tbe great induence Bapbael would exercise on tbe bistor^ of art.
Witbout tbe treasures of information to be found in bis work, our present
task rvould be almost impossible.
In 1790, tbere appeared at B.ome tbe "Vita inedita di Badaello da
Urbino," illustrated rvitb notes bzr Angelo Oomolli." 7^.n endeavour bas
been made to prove tbat tins biograpb/ rvas anterior to all tbe otber
biograpbies of Bapbael. Lomolli even believes tbat it rvas drarvn up
almost immediately after tbe deatb of Bapbael b^ Oiovanni della Lasa.
T^nd ^et it is merely a meagre extract from Vasari, rvitb tbe addition of
a ferv fresb documents. Ibis rvas perceived b^ Oan^i. 7Wd indeed tbe
anonymous autbors and Vasari are so mucb alike tbat one must certainly
bave copied from tbs otber. Ibis eMs?' must be Vasari, for tbe anony-
mous rvriter gives information about tbs portraits of libaldeo and Laron-
delet, and of tbe " Lbild " in marble, works wbicb were unknown in tbe
time of Vasari, and were onl^ discovered in tbe last century. Obe anony-
mous writer commits certain errors, wbicb a contemporary of Bapbael
could not bave done, Bor example, be states (p. 22) tbat Bapbael
painted tbe Ilol^- Oamil^, for Oom. Lanigiani, in 1516; (p. 24) tbat on
bis arrival at Ooms be met Bietro della Orancesca and Lramante da
blilano (botb baving been long dead); (p. Zz) tbat be bad painted tbe
portrait of Oonna Beatrice d'Oste (altbougb tbere was at tbat time no
princess of tbat name in tbe family of Osts; Vasari merely names
Beatrice Oerrarese); (p. 6z) tbat be bad been named, b/ Oeo X., super-
intendent of tbs works of art at tbe Vatican (wbilst tbe brief of tbe 2/tb
' Birenre, 1550, 2nd edition, enlarged and improved, in 1568. 1°ke lite of Pappas!
also appeared separate!/, under tke title "Vita di paifaells da ttrbino, kittors ed
Ttrcditetto, tratta da guslis de' pittori, Lcultori ed ^rckitetti, di Oior^io Vasari. In
Itoma, 1751."
Lecond edition, corrected, in 179?.