Lives of the Most Eminent Painters Sculptors and Architects, Vol. 05 (of 10): Andrea da Fiesole to Lorenzo Lotto — John Shaqi
Lives of the Most Eminent Painters Sculptors and Architects, Vol. 05 (of 10): Andrea da Fiesole to Lorenzo LottoVasari, Giorgio
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Lives of the Most Eminent Painters Sculptors and Architects, Vol. 05 (of 10): Andrea da Fiesole to Lorenzo Lotto
Vasari, Giorgio
Art, Italian; Artists -- Italy -- Biography
There flourished at the same time as Andrea and Silvio another sculptor
of Fiesole, called Il Cicilia, who was a person of much skill; and a
work by his hand may be seen in the Church of S. Jacopo, in the Campo
Corbolini at Florence--namely, the tomb of the Chevalier Messer Luigi
Tornabuoni, which is much extolled, particularly because he made therein
the escutcheon of that Chevalier, in the form of a horse's head, as if
to show, according to the ancient belief, that the shape of shields was
originally taken from the head of a horse.
About the same time, also, Antonio da Carrara, a very rare sculptor,
made three statues in Palermo for the Duke of Monteleone, a Neapolitan
of the house of Pignatella, and Viceroy of Sicily--namely, three figures
of Our Lady in different attitudes and manners, which were placed over
three altars in the Duomo of Monteleone in Calabria. For the same patron
he made some scenes in marble, which are in Palermo. He left behind him
a son who is also a sculptor at the present day, and no less excellent
than was his father.
[Illustration: TOMB OF RAFFAELE MAFFEI
(_After_ Silvio Cosini [Silvio da Fiesole]. _Volterra: S. Lino_)
_Alinari_]
FOOTNOTE:
[1] See note on p. 57, Vol. I.
VINCENZIO DA SAN GIMIGNANO AND TIMOTEO DA URBINO
[Illustration: TIMOTEO DA URBINO (TIMOTEO VITI): A MUSE
(_Florence: Corsini Gallery. Panel_)]
LIVES OF VINCENZIO DA SAN GIMIGNANO AND TIMOTEO DA URBINO
[_TIMOTEO DELLA VITE_]
PAINTERS
Having now to write, after the Life of the sculptor Andrea da Fiesole,
the Lives of two excellent painters, Vincenzio da San Gimignano of
Tuscany, and Timoteo da Urbino, I propose to speak first of Vincenzio,
as the man whose portrait is above,[2] and immediately afterwards of
Timoteo, since they lived almost at one and the same time, and were both
disciples and friends of Raffaello.
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