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LIVES OF THE ARTISTS.
of admirable genius, and of such remarkable ability in all
things appertaining to architecture, that, to judge from what
we see of his designs, he would have displayed a much
higher degree of excellence than he has now done, had he
been employed in works of greater importance.
The excellent sculptor Maestro Girolamo * was in like
manner a Ferrarese ; he had his abode at Ricanati, and exe-
cuted numerous decorations in marble for the house and
chapel of the Madonna at Loretto, after the death of Andrea
Contucci his master, making large numbers of the ornaments,
by which that edifice is enriched. When Tribolo, who was
the last of the masters in design employed at Loretto, had
departed from that place, after having completed the large
marble relief which is at the back of the chapel, that namely
which represents the Angels bringing that House from Scla-
vonia to the wood of Loretto,—when Tribolo had departed,
I say, this Girolamo continued working at the completion of
various parts, labouring perpetually from the year 1534 to
the year 1560, and executing numerous works. The first of
these was the seated figure of a Prophet, three braccia and a
half high, and this, being considered a good and beautiful
work, was placed in a niche on the western side of the chapel.
The success of Girolamo in respect of this figure, caused
him to be subsequently charged with the execution of all
the other Prophets, one only excepted, and this, which is
on the outside, to the east of the edifice, and opposite to the
altar, was by the hand of Simone Cioli of Settignano, who
was also a disciple of Andrea Sansovino. With that excep-
tion, I say, all the prophets are by the above-named Maestro
Girolamo, and are executed with much diligence, study, and
good ability. For the chapel of the Sacrament the same
master has prepared the Chandeliers of bronze, which are
about three braccia high, and are richly covered with foliage
as well as figures, cast in full relief; these are so admirably
that this is not the painter Galasso, whose Life Vasari has already given. See
vol. ii., p. 126, et seq.
* Girolamo Lombardi of Ferrara. For the many sculptors of this family-
see the Memorie degli Artisti della Alarca d’ Ancona, by the Marchese
Amico Ricci.
LIVES OF THE ARTISTS.
of admirable genius, and of such remarkable ability in all
things appertaining to architecture, that, to judge from what
we see of his designs, he would have displayed a much
higher degree of excellence than he has now done, had he
been employed in works of greater importance.
The excellent sculptor Maestro Girolamo * was in like
manner a Ferrarese ; he had his abode at Ricanati, and exe-
cuted numerous decorations in marble for the house and
chapel of the Madonna at Loretto, after the death of Andrea
Contucci his master, making large numbers of the ornaments,
by which that edifice is enriched. When Tribolo, who was
the last of the masters in design employed at Loretto, had
departed from that place, after having completed the large
marble relief which is at the back of the chapel, that namely
which represents the Angels bringing that House from Scla-
vonia to the wood of Loretto,—when Tribolo had departed,
I say, this Girolamo continued working at the completion of
various parts, labouring perpetually from the year 1534 to
the year 1560, and executing numerous works. The first of
these was the seated figure of a Prophet, three braccia and a
half high, and this, being considered a good and beautiful
work, was placed in a niche on the western side of the chapel.
The success of Girolamo in respect of this figure, caused
him to be subsequently charged with the execution of all
the other Prophets, one only excepted, and this, which is
on the outside, to the east of the edifice, and opposite to the
altar, was by the hand of Simone Cioli of Settignano, who
was also a disciple of Andrea Sansovino. With that excep-
tion, I say, all the prophets are by the above-named Maestro
Girolamo, and are executed with much diligence, study, and
good ability. For the chapel of the Sacrament the same
master has prepared the Chandeliers of bronze, which are
about three braccia high, and are richly covered with foliage
as well as figures, cast in full relief; these are so admirably
that this is not the painter Galasso, whose Life Vasari has already given. See
vol. ii., p. 126, et seq.
* Girolamo Lombardi of Ferrara. For the many sculptors of this family-
see the Memorie degli Artisti della Alarca d’ Ancona, by the Marchese
Amico Ricci.