Lives of the Most Eminent Painters Sculptors and Architects, Vol. 03 (of 10): Filarete and Simone to MantegnaVasari, Giorgio
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Lives of the Most Eminent Painters Sculptors and Architects, Vol. 03 (of 10): Filarete and Simone to Mantegna
Vasari, Giorgio
Art, Italian; Artists -- Italy -- Biography
It may be read in the work of Antonio Filarete that Paolo was not only a
sculptor but also an able goldsmith, and that he wrought part of the
twelve Apostles in silver which stood, before the sack of Rome, over the
altar of the Papal Chapel. Part of the work of these statues was done by
Niccolo della Guardia and Pietro Paolo da Todi, disciples of Paolo, who
were afterwards passing good masters in sculpture, as is seen from the
tombs of Pope Pius II and Pope Pius III, on which the said Pontiffs are
portrayed from nature. By the hand of the same men are medals of three
Emperors and other great persons. The said Paolo made a statue of an
armed man on horseback, which is now on the ground in S. Pietro, near
the Chapel of S. Andrea. A pupil of Paolo was the Roman Gian Cristoforo,
who was an able sculptor; and there are certain works by his hand in S.
Maria Trastevere and in other places.
Chimenti Camicia, of whose origin nothing is known save that he was a
Florentine, was employed in the service of the King of Hungary, for whom
he made palaces, gardens, fountains, churches, fortresses, and many
other buildings of importance, with ornaments, carvings, decorated
ceilings, and other things of the kind, which were executed with much
diligence by Baccio Cellini. After these works, drawn by love for his
country, Chimenti returned to Florence, whence he sent to Baccio (who
remained there), as presents for the King, certain pictures by the hand
of Berto Linaiuolo, which were held very beautiful in Hungary and much
extolled by that King. This Berto (of whom I will not refrain from
making this record as well), after having painted many pictures in a
beautiful manner, which are in the houses of many citizens, died at the
very height of his powers, cutting short the great expectations that
had been formed of him. But to return to Chimenti; he had not been long
in Florence when he returned to Hungary, where he continued to serve the
King; but while he was journeying on the Danube in order to give designs
for mills, in consequence of fatigue he was seized by a sickness, which
carried him off in a few days to the other life. The works of these
masters date about the year 1470.
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