Lives of the most Eminent Painters Sculptors and Architects, Vol. 08 (of 10): Bastiano to Taddeo ZuccheroVasari, Giorgio
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Lives of the most Eminent Painters Sculptors and Architects, Vol. 08 (of 10): Bastiano to Taddeo Zucchero
Vasari, Giorgio
Art, Italian; Artists -- Italy -- Biography
Finally Fra Giovanni Agnolo departed from Genoa and went to Naples,
where he set up in the place already mentioned the tomb of Sannazzaro,
which is composed in this fashion. At the lower corners are two
pedestals, on each of which are carved the arms of Sannazzaro, and
between them is a slab of one braccio and a half on which is carved the
epitaph that Jacopo wrote for himself, supported by two little boys.
Next, on each of the said pedestals is a seated statue of marble in the
round, four braccia in height, these being Minerva and Apollo; and
between them, set off by two ornamental consoles that are at the sides,
is a scene two braccia and a half square, in which are carved in
low-relief Fauns, Satyrs, Nymphs, and other figures that are playing and
singing, after the manner which that most excellent man has described in
the pastoral verses of his most learned Arcadia. Above this scene is
placed a sarcophagus of a very beautiful shape in the round, all carved
and very ornate, in which are the remains of that poet; and upon it, on
a base in the centre, is his head taken from life, with these words at
the foot--ACTIUS SINCERUS; accompanied by two boys with wings in the
manner of Loves, who have some books about them. And in two niches that
are at the sides, in the other two walls of the chapel, there are on two
bases two upright figures of marble in the round, each of three braccia
or little more; these being S. James the Apostle and S. Nazzaro. When
this work had been built up in the manner that has been described, the
above-mentioned lords, the executors, were completely satisfied with it,
and all Naples likewise.
[Illustration: TOMB OF ANDREA DORIA
(_After =Fra Giovanni Agnolo Montorsoli=. Genoa: S. Matteo_)
_Alinari_]
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