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LIVES OF THE ARTISTS.
In that city, therefore, the place of his rest, Girolamo was
living in much repose of mind, when he was attacked by a
most virulent fever, and after having received all the sacra-
ments of the church, he there finished the course of his life,
to the infinite grief of his wife and children : this happened
on the 11th of July, in the year 1.551, and when Girolamo
had attained to his seventy-fifth year. His remains were
j taken from La Valle to Urbino, where they were honourably
inhumed in the episcopal church, and in front of the chapel
of San Martino, which had been decorated with paintings by
his hand, as we have before related: his death caused much
sorrow to his kindred and friends, as well as to all the in-
habitants of Urbino.
Girolamo was ever noted as a man of the most upright
character, insomuch that a bad action committed by him was
never heard of. He was not only a painter, sculptor, and
architect, but a good musician also ; his powers of conversa-
tion were remarkable, and his society was most agreeable
and entertaining ; he was full of kindness and affection to-
wards his kinsfolk and acquaintance, and what, furthermore,
is deserving of no slight commendation, his merits enabled
him to become the founder of that house of Genga in Urbino,
which derives from him its name, its honour, its position,
and its property. Girolamo left two sons, one of whom
followed the footsteps of his father, and devoted himself to
architecture, in which he would have certainly become most
eminent, as his first attempts clearly prove, had not an early
death cut short the hopes conceived of him. The second son
of Girolamo employs himself with the care of his family
interests, and still survives.
A disciple of Genga, as we have before related, was Fran-
cesco Menzochi, of Forli,* who first, and when he was but a
little child, began to draw of his own accord, copying and
imitating a picture in the cathedral of Forli, which had been
4*executed by the hand of Marco PalmegianiJ also a native of
that his figures display great power, “ so great indeed that he might have
served as a model for Andrea del Sarto and Michelagnolo.” See vol. i. p.
345, note, of Mr. Roscoe’s Translation.
* This artist, who was called the Elder of San Bernardo, pursued his
studies under I'ordenone also, to whose manner his later works are con-
sidered by the best authorities to approach very closely.—Ed. Flor., 1832-8.
f The works of Marco Palmegiani of Forli, date from 1513 to 1537.
LIVES OF THE ARTISTS.
In that city, therefore, the place of his rest, Girolamo was
living in much repose of mind, when he was attacked by a
most virulent fever, and after having received all the sacra-
ments of the church, he there finished the course of his life,
to the infinite grief of his wife and children : this happened
on the 11th of July, in the year 1.551, and when Girolamo
had attained to his seventy-fifth year. His remains were
j taken from La Valle to Urbino, where they were honourably
inhumed in the episcopal church, and in front of the chapel
of San Martino, which had been decorated with paintings by
his hand, as we have before related: his death caused much
sorrow to his kindred and friends, as well as to all the in-
habitants of Urbino.
Girolamo was ever noted as a man of the most upright
character, insomuch that a bad action committed by him was
never heard of. He was not only a painter, sculptor, and
architect, but a good musician also ; his powers of conversa-
tion were remarkable, and his society was most agreeable
and entertaining ; he was full of kindness and affection to-
wards his kinsfolk and acquaintance, and what, furthermore,
is deserving of no slight commendation, his merits enabled
him to become the founder of that house of Genga in Urbino,
which derives from him its name, its honour, its position,
and its property. Girolamo left two sons, one of whom
followed the footsteps of his father, and devoted himself to
architecture, in which he would have certainly become most
eminent, as his first attempts clearly prove, had not an early
death cut short the hopes conceived of him. The second son
of Girolamo employs himself with the care of his family
interests, and still survives.
A disciple of Genga, as we have before related, was Fran-
cesco Menzochi, of Forli,* who first, and when he was but a
little child, began to draw of his own accord, copying and
imitating a picture in the cathedral of Forli, which had been
4*executed by the hand of Marco PalmegianiJ also a native of
that his figures display great power, “ so great indeed that he might have
served as a model for Andrea del Sarto and Michelagnolo.” See vol. i. p.
345, note, of Mr. Roscoe’s Translation.
* This artist, who was called the Elder of San Bernardo, pursued his
studies under I'ordenone also, to whose manner his later works are con-
sidered by the best authorities to approach very closely.—Ed. Flor., 1832-8.
f The works of Marco Palmegiani of Forli, date from 1513 to 1537.