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Passavant, Johann David
Raphael of Urbino and his father Giovanni Santi — London, New York: MacMillan and Co., 1872

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lliis beautiful building no longer exists. Ibe angle of tbe rigbt of tbe
basement wbicb now forms a part of tbe ZWcoramboni palace, is tbe
onl/ part tbat remains. We owe our acquaintance witb its facade to
tbe engraving publisbed b/ Antonio Dafrerio in 1549, uncler tbe title
" Hapb. Drbinas ex lapicle coctili Domce extractum." Ibe onl/ cop/
of tbis engraving known is in tbe library of krince Lorsini at Dome. It
bas been copiecl b/ I'ontani in bis work on tbs arcbitecture of Dapbael.
Ibe frienclsbip between Dapbael ancl Ilramante never failed.^ Dbe
painter ancl tbe arcbitect mutually assisted eacb otber witb tbeir advice.
Wben Lramante, at tbe clesire of Lardinal Lrimani, caused wax rnoclels
to be executecl for tbe group of tbe Daocoon, to be afterwards copiecl in
bronz.e, be sbowed tbem to Dapbael, tbat be migbt decide wbicb was tbe
bnest. Vasari names amongst tbe candidates, ^accberi 2acbi, of Volterra,
tbe Zpaniarcl ^.lonrio Lerruguete, tbe olcl Liovanni of Bologna, ancl Jacopo
Lansovino. Dapbael mucb preferred tbe model of Lansovino, wbicb was
accordingl/ cast in bronre.
Ibis group, yielded b/ tbe cardinal to tbe (Government of Venice,
adorned tbe ball of tbe Louncil of Ven. In 15Z4 it was taken to b'rance
b/ tbe Lardinal Luise of Lorraine; and now, if we are not mistaken, it
is in tbe gardens of tbe luilsries.
We sball speak later of tbe numerous pupils and artists wbo ranged
tbemselves round tbe master of Urbino. Here we will onl/ remind our
readers tbat tbe iniluence of Dapbael was so great, tbat all tbose wbo
approacbed bim laid aside tbeir own artistic individuality, and sougbt to
adopt bis mind and manners.
(bbis fact was so general tbat Dapbael said smilingl/ one da/ to
Lesare da 3esto, one of tbe most clistinguisbecl pupils of Da Vinci, and
wbom be was ver/ fond of, " Dow does it bappen, dear Lesare, tbat we
live in sucb good friendsbip, but tbat in tbe art of painting we sbow no
deference to eacb otber? 2^t a later period Lesare was likewise sub^'u-
gated, and endeavoured to unite tbe particular st/Ies of tbs two great
masters.
Vet Dapbael could not succeed in attracting to Dome, two of bis
dearest friends and earl/ companions, Domenico di Baris Gilani, of
Berugia, and Didolfo del Lbirlanda^'o, of Dlorencs, witb wbom be mucb
' In bis "leinpio della pittura" (p. 14), bornar^o relates tbat Lrarnants wrote a
Irsatise on tbs proportions ol rnsn an6 borsss, wbicb ks altsrwarcls pressntsci to bis
relative R.apbael cla ttrbino.
bornarro, " I'smpio clslla pittura," p. 107.
 
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