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LIVES OE THE ARTISTS.
The Modenese sculptor Prospero Clemente* has, in like
manner, ever been and still continues to be an exceedingly
able master in his vocation. There are proofs of his ability
in the Cathedral of Reggio, where the tomb of the Bishop
Rangone is by his hand. In this work there is a seated
statue of the above-named prelate with two children, all
admirably well done. The commission for this tomb was
received by Clementi from the Signor Ercole Rangone. In
the Cathedral of Parma likewise, there is a tomb by Pros-
pero Clemente ; the sepulchral monument of the Beato
Bernardo degli Uberti namely, a Florentine, who became a
cardinal and was bishop of that city. This undertaking
Clemente completed in the year 1548, and very much has
his work been extolled.!
In Parma, likewise, there have been at divers times many
excellent artists and men of fine genius,, as we have said
elsewhere. There is an admirable picture in the cathedral,
for example, which was painted in the year 1499, by the
Parmesan artist Cristofano Castelli. Of Francesco Maz-
zuoli | we have already written the life, and there have been
many other men of distinguished ability in that city. But
respecting Mazzuoli, we have before mentioned that he com-
menced certain works in the Madonna della Steccata, which
at his death were left unfinished, when Giulio Romano,
having prepared a coloured design on paper, which may
still be seen in that place by every one, commanded that
a certain Michelagnolo Anselmi, who was by his birth a
* The Padre Luigi Pungileoni shows that Prospero Spani, called
Clemente, was a native of Reggio ; see the Giornale Arcadico, November
and December, 1831, p. 344 : but Bottarihad previously affirmed as much
in the Roman Edition of our author, and his assertion has since been
further supported by documents which the Cav. Francesco Fontanesi
brought forward in a Discorso published at Reggio in 1826.
4 For details respecting this artist’s works, see Monumenti di Pit-
tura e Scultura trascelti in Mantova, Mantua, 1827. See also Memorie
sopra Prosper Clementi Scultore Reggiano, in the Giornale Arcadico for
1831.
J For the Life of Mazzuoli, called Parmigiano, see vol. iii. of the present
work, p. 356, et seq. The reader may also consult the Padre Ireneo Affd,
Vita del Graziosissimo Pittore, Francesco Mazzola delta il Parmigiano,
with Sketches of the Lives of Correggio and Parmigiano, London, 1823.
LIVES OE THE ARTISTS.
The Modenese sculptor Prospero Clemente* has, in like
manner, ever been and still continues to be an exceedingly
able master in his vocation. There are proofs of his ability
in the Cathedral of Reggio, where the tomb of the Bishop
Rangone is by his hand. In this work there is a seated
statue of the above-named prelate with two children, all
admirably well done. The commission for this tomb was
received by Clementi from the Signor Ercole Rangone. In
the Cathedral of Parma likewise, there is a tomb by Pros-
pero Clemente ; the sepulchral monument of the Beato
Bernardo degli Uberti namely, a Florentine, who became a
cardinal and was bishop of that city. This undertaking
Clemente completed in the year 1548, and very much has
his work been extolled.!
In Parma, likewise, there have been at divers times many
excellent artists and men of fine genius,, as we have said
elsewhere. There is an admirable picture in the cathedral,
for example, which was painted in the year 1499, by the
Parmesan artist Cristofano Castelli. Of Francesco Maz-
zuoli | we have already written the life, and there have been
many other men of distinguished ability in that city. But
respecting Mazzuoli, we have before mentioned that he com-
menced certain works in the Madonna della Steccata, which
at his death were left unfinished, when Giulio Romano,
having prepared a coloured design on paper, which may
still be seen in that place by every one, commanded that
a certain Michelagnolo Anselmi, who was by his birth a
* The Padre Luigi Pungileoni shows that Prospero Spani, called
Clemente, was a native of Reggio ; see the Giornale Arcadico, November
and December, 1831, p. 344 : but Bottarihad previously affirmed as much
in the Roman Edition of our author, and his assertion has since been
further supported by documents which the Cav. Francesco Fontanesi
brought forward in a Discorso published at Reggio in 1826.
4 For details respecting this artist’s works, see Monumenti di Pit-
tura e Scultura trascelti in Mantova, Mantua, 1827. See also Memorie
sopra Prosper Clementi Scultore Reggiano, in the Giornale Arcadico for
1831.
J For the Life of Mazzuoli, called Parmigiano, see vol. iii. of the present
work, p. 356, et seq. The reader may also consult the Padre Ireneo Affd,
Vita del Graziosissimo Pittore, Francesco Mazzola delta il Parmigiano,
with Sketches of the Lives of Correggio and Parmigiano, London, 1823.