Giorgio Vasari

“ Having returned to Florence with some money, Rosselli, lived much at his ease, hut occupied himself with his labours as usual, having in his company that Piero who was always called Piero di Cosimo, his disciple, who had assisted him in his works for the chapel of San Sisto in Pome. Among other things, Piero di Cosimo [16] executed the landscape of the picture which represents the Preaching of Christ, and which is considered to be the best part of the painting. Another disciple of the same master was Andrea di Cosimo, who occupied himself much with the “Grottesche.” ”

“ The last-named artist executed his work with great care, as may be seen in the Loggia of the hospital of St. Boniface, where there is a Trinity in fresco, painted by Mm on the key-stone of the vaulted ceiling. ”

“ In this work, among many other portraits, is that of Pico della Mirandola, [8] so admirably executed that it does not seem to be a portrait, but a living man. In Lucca, in the church of San Martino, there is a painting by Cosimo Rosselli, on the right hand as we enter by the smaller door of the principal façade ”