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DON LORENZO.
279
DON LORENZO, PAINTER, MONK OF THE ANGELI
OF FLORENCE.*
[first noticed as a painter 1410—DIED . . . .]
It appears to me that permission to pursue some honour-
able occupation must needs prove a great solace to a good
and upright man who has taken monastic vows. Music,
letters, painting, or any other liberal, or even mechanical
art, involving nothing blameable, but rather, useful to others,
as well as satisfactory to himself; any of these must, in my
opinion, be a valuable resource to him ; for, after having
performed all his religious duties, the monk so gifted passes
his time creditably, as well as happily, in the pleasant labours
of his favourite occupation. And to this may be added, that
not only is such an one esteemed and valued while he lives
by every man who is not envious or malignant, but is honoured
by all men after his death for his works, and for the good
name which he leaves to the remembrance of those who sur-
vive him. It is, moreover, to be observed, that he who
spends his time in this manner, passes the hours in quiet
contemplation, secure from the molestation of those ambitious
desires by which the idle and unoccupied, who are for the
most part very ignorant, are constantly beset, to their fre-
quent shame and sorrow. And if it should happen that a
virtuous man should sometimes be persecuted by the envious
and •wicked, yet such is the force of goodness, that while time
destroys and renders nugatory the malice of the evil-doer,
the name of the upright man remains clear and bright through-
out all ages.t
The Florentine painter Lorenzo was a monk of the order
of Camaldoli, and belonged to the monastery of the Angeli,
* Rumohr observes, that among the works which Vasari attributes to
this artist, is the picture of the Bartolini chapel, in the church of Santa
Trinita in Florence, which is now restored to its place.
+ In the first edition, this passage concludes with the words—“ This
happened to the Florentine Fra Lorenzo of the Angeli, who executed
many works in the Camaldoline monastery of his order; and as in life
he was highly esteemed, so, now that he is dead, the monks of the
Angeli retain his hands as relics, and as a perpetual memorial of him.”
By this sentence, the introduction is more closely connected with the
narrative.
279
DON LORENZO, PAINTER, MONK OF THE ANGELI
OF FLORENCE.*
[first noticed as a painter 1410—DIED . . . .]
It appears to me that permission to pursue some honour-
able occupation must needs prove a great solace to a good
and upright man who has taken monastic vows. Music,
letters, painting, or any other liberal, or even mechanical
art, involving nothing blameable, but rather, useful to others,
as well as satisfactory to himself; any of these must, in my
opinion, be a valuable resource to him ; for, after having
performed all his religious duties, the monk so gifted passes
his time creditably, as well as happily, in the pleasant labours
of his favourite occupation. And to this may be added, that
not only is such an one esteemed and valued while he lives
by every man who is not envious or malignant, but is honoured
by all men after his death for his works, and for the good
name which he leaves to the remembrance of those who sur-
vive him. It is, moreover, to be observed, that he who
spends his time in this manner, passes the hours in quiet
contemplation, secure from the molestation of those ambitious
desires by which the idle and unoccupied, who are for the
most part very ignorant, are constantly beset, to their fre-
quent shame and sorrow. And if it should happen that a
virtuous man should sometimes be persecuted by the envious
and •wicked, yet such is the force of goodness, that while time
destroys and renders nugatory the malice of the evil-doer,
the name of the upright man remains clear and bright through-
out all ages.t
The Florentine painter Lorenzo was a monk of the order
of Camaldoli, and belonged to the monastery of the Angeli,
* Rumohr observes, that among the works which Vasari attributes to
this artist, is the picture of the Bartolini chapel, in the church of Santa
Trinita in Florence, which is now restored to its place.
+ In the first edition, this passage concludes with the words—“ This
happened to the Florentine Fra Lorenzo of the Angeli, who executed
many works in the Camaldoline monastery of his order; and as in life
he was highly esteemed, so, now that he is dead, the monks of the
Angeli retain his hands as relics, and as a perpetual memorial of him.”
By this sentence, the introduction is more closely connected with the
narrative.