Giorgio Vasari

“ In the predella of the work Sogliani caused his scholar, Sandrino del Calzolaio, to paint small stories, which have received considerable praise.
At the upper end of an Oratory, in the Gastello d’Anghiari, this master painted a picture of the Last Supper in oil; the figures in the work here in question are as large as life, and on the walls on each side of it our artist depicted the Saviour washing the feet of his disciples on the one hand, with a servant bringing two vessels of water on the other. ”

“ In the picture of Abel there is an admirable landscape executed with great care, and it is besides much admired for the head of Abel, the expression of his countenance being that of the most perfect goodness. ”

“ By that master they were commenced immediately, as will be related in his life, and he executed one picture while other artists proceeded with the others. Continuing his work at leisure, Giovan Antonio then completed the two remaining pictures with infinite care, representing Our Lady, with numerous saints around her, in each of them. Finally, he removed to Pisa, and there undertook a fourth picture, but in this he did not succeed so well as in those previously painted, either because he was becoming old, or because he felt troubled by the competition of Beccafumi, or for some other reason. ”

“ He afterwards painted a picture for Madonna Alfonsina, wife of Piero de’ Medici, which was placed, in fulfilment of a vow, on the altar of the chapel of the Martyrs, in the church of the Camaldoli, at Florence. The subject of this painting is the Crucifixion of Sant’ Arcadio, who is seen on his cross, with other martyrs, who bear their crosses in their arms. Two of these figures are partially draped, the others are nude, and are kneeling on the earth, still bearing their crosses; in the heavens above are angels in the form of little children, holding palms in their hands. ”

“ Ey the same master is a Last Supper, painted in oil for the nuns of the Crocetta; this also was highly extolled at the time. So2;liani likewise decorated a Tabernacle in Fresco for Taddeo Taddei; this is in the Via de’ Ginori, and exhibits a Crucifix, with Our Lady and San Giovanni at the foot thereof, and Angels in the air above, who are weeping with an expression of deep sorrow. ”

“ See vol. ii. ↑ The pictures executed by this master in the great refectory belonging to the Monks of San Marco are still in existence.—Ed. Flor. 1832 -ii- ↑ Still in the Church which is near the Hospital of St. Boniface in the Via San Gallo. In the upper part of the work is the Immaculate Conception,” and beneath are several doctors of the Church, among whom are SS. Augustine, Ambrose, and Bernard, holding a deputation concerning original sin, over the dead body of Adam. ↑ The works of these disciples of Sogliani have perished. ”