Giorgio Vasari

“ Being received into the school of Raphael, who never refused any request made by a man of good parts, he there laboured in company with many other young men devoted to the study of painting, and who emulously strove to surpass each other, in the hope of obtaining the favour of Raphael, and of securing a name in the world at the same time. Pursuing his studies without remission, Pellegrino became exceedingly skilful in design, evincing great mastery over other departments of his art likewise ”

“ He painted finely in oil, in fresco, and in tempera, drew admirably well from the life, and was in every respect highly favoured by nature, seeing that he readily acquired all that appertained to his vocation with but very little study. This rendered him very useful to Raphael, whom he assisted in painting the greater part of the cartoons for the Tapestries of the Pope’s chapel, and for those of the Consistory, helping him more particularly in the decorations of these works. ”

“ Primas picturm ferme mihi deditas
↑ Guadenzio Ferrari of Valdugia, in the Milanese, was a painter of high merit, and is accounted among the most distinguished masters of the school of Raphael. For more extended details respecting the works of Guadenzio Ferrari, see Lomazzo, Trattato dell’Arte della Pittura, but the accusation brought by this writer against Vasari, to the effect that the latter “intended to depreciate the Milanese school, while he desired to exalt his own, that of Tuscany namely, to the skies,” is wholly without foundation. ”