Luigi Lanzi

“ To vast and varied acquirements, he united uncommon powers of intellect, together with an enthusiastic love for the beauties of the Art, to the study of which he devoted himself from an early period of life;—with what success, is attested by the favourable reception of his labours. ”

“ It is well adapted to form the taste correctly; and is a faithful guide to travellers, many of whom, having examined the works upon which Lanzi delivers his opinion, with his review in their hands, have bestowed upon him this expressive, strong, and hearty panegyric, 'HE IS A FINE FELLOW.'
Mr. Roscoe deserves and will receive the thanks of all lovers of the Fine Arts, for his valuable contribution towards the advancement of objects which they have much at heart, and which may be considered of high importance. ”

“ To the connoisseur it will form a guide to facilitate his acquaintance with the peculiar styles, and their varieties, of the great masters; a species of knowledge which it is difficult to convey, although of the greatest importance to possess. ”

“ Vasari. Documents shewing him to have been of Durante, are inserted in the 27th vol. of Sig. Colucci. According to others Bramante's family was of Castel Durante; but he was born in Monte Asdrualdo, a villa of Fermignano, four miles from Urbino. Hence he is called Asdruvaldinus. The surname of Lazzari is merely feigned. Said to have been born 1450. See Colucci, tom. xii. and xxxi. ii. 64, 80, iv. 226. Bramantino, di, Agostino, a Milanese, flourished about 1450. Pagave. Or rather was a disciple of Suardi. Lomazzo, in the Index. iv. 215. —— or Bartol. Suardi, a Milanese, living in 1529. Pagave. ”

“ Aglietti, writers on painting in oil, i. 84, et seq. Lettere Pittoriche; or a Collection of Letters on Painting, Sculpture, and Architecture. Rome, 7 vols. 4to. from 1574 to 1773. They are cited in the Preface, x. and through the work. Lioni, Ottavio. Lives of the most celebrated Painters of the seventeenth century, with their portraits; to which is added the life of Carlo Maratti. Rome, 1731, 4to. ii. 241. Lomazzo, Gio. Paolo. Treatise on the Art of Painting, &c. Milan, 1584, 4to. Merit of the work, i. 137, 138, iv. 271. Often cited in the Milanese school, and throughout the work. ”

“ Genova, da, Lucchetto, see Cambiasi. Genovese, Il Prete, or Il Cappuccino, see Strozzi. Genovesini, by Orlandi called Marco, by others Bartolommeo, a Milanese, painted in 1628. MS. In the Mem. Oretti the mistake into which many, as well as myself, had fallen, is detected: the above was supposed to be his surname, whereas this writer found in the church of the Certosa of Garignano, Bartol. Roverio D. Genovesino, 1626; and also in the refectory one of his Crucifixions with the year 1614. iv. 317, v. 478. Genovesino, il, see Miradoro, see Calcia. Gentile, Luigi, of Brussels, an academician of St. ”

“ Bassi, Francesco, a Cremonese, called Il Cremonese da Paesi, b. 1642, d. the beginning of 1700. Zaist. iv. 202. —— another of the same name and country. ib. —— another Francesco Bassi, a Bolognese, pupil to Pasinelli, d. aged 29. Crespi. Perhaps a false report gave rise to this account, for Oretti calls him a scholar of Barbieri, and next of Gennari, and that he died in 1732, aged 80; citing the authority of Filippo Bassi, son of Francesco, and parish priest of S. Felice. v. 172. Bassini, Tommaso, a Modenese, flourished in the fourteenth century. Tiraboschi. iv. 35. Bassotti, Gio. ”

“ Domenico Mansi, Archbishop of that City. i. 149, v. 454. Mantua. Description of the Paintings, Sculpture, and Architecture, contained in the City of Mantua and its Vicinity, by Gio. Cadioli. ib. 1763, 8vo. iv. 22, 29. In pointing out the pictures I have not invariably adhered to it. Milan. Immortality and Honour of the Pencil; or a Description of the Paintings of Milan, by Agostino Santagostini. (1671) . iv. 313, v. 185. —— Torre Carlo. Portrait of Milan. ib. 1674, 4to. i. 7, iii. 183, iv. 210. —— New Guide, &c.; with the Description of the Certosa of Pavia and of S. Gio. Batista di Monza. ”

“ Morelli, Bartolommeo, called, from his native place, Il Pianoro, in the Bolognese, d. 1603. Crespi. v. 140. —— Francesco, a Florentine, master of Cav. Baglione. Baglione. ii. 228. Moreno, F. Lorenzo, a Genoese Carmelite, flourished in 1544. Soprani. v. 367. Moresini, see Fornari. Moreto, Niccolo, a Paduan. Vasari. See Mireti. Moretti, Cristoforo, called also Rivello, a Cremonese. His notices from about 1460. Zaist. iv. 153. Moretto, Gioseffo, del Friuli, was employed in 1588. Renaldis. iii. 131. —— Faustino, di Valcamonica in the Brescian territory, a painter of the seventeenth century. ”

“ Tognone, or Antonio, of Vicenza, a scholar of Zelotti, d. young. Ridolfi. iii. 241. Tolentino, di, Marcantonio, a painter of the sixteenth century. Colucci. ii. 167. Tolmezzo, di, Domenico, of Udine, painted in 1479. Renaldis. iii. 39. Tommasi, Tommaso, di Pietra Santa, a scholar of the Melani. MS. i. 362. Tommaso, di, Stefano, see Giottino. Tonduzzi, Giulio, da Faenza, painted in 1513. Orlandi. At S. Bernardino di Faenza is one of his pictures with the name and year 1532. Oretti, Mem. v. 91. Tonelli, Giuseppe, a Florentine, lived in 1718. Orlandi. ”

“ Campagnola, Girolamo, a Paduan, in mistake referred to the Marca Trevigiana by Guarienti; flourished in the fifteenth century. Vasari. iii. 167. —— Giulio, his son, flourished about 1500. Guida di Padova. i. 122, iii. 167. —— Domenico, supposed son of Giulio, but only his pupil and a Venetian, not a Paduan. Morelli, Notizia, p. II. p. 110. Lived in 1543. MS. i. 110, iii. 167. Campana, Andrea, a Modenese, lived in the fifteenth century. Tiraboschi. iv. 36. —— Tommaso, a Bolognese, pupil to the Caracci. Malvasia. v. 196. Campanna, Pietro, of Flanders, d. ”

“ Secchi, Gio. Batista, called Il Caravaggio, painted in 1619. Borsieri, iv. 317. In the Pitture d'Italia, vol. i. p. 214, he is called Caravaggino, and an inscription is cited:—Jo. Bapt. Sicc. de Caravag. Secchiari, Giulio, a Modenese, d. 1631. Tiraboschi. iv. 59. Segala, Gio., a Venetian, d. 1720, aged 57. Zanetti. iii. 352. Seiter, Daniele, a scholar of Loth. iii. 292. Sellitto, Carlo, a Neapolitan, scholar of Annibal Caracci. Dominici. ii. 395. Semenza, or Sementi, Giacomo, a Bolognese, b. 1580, d. young. Baglione and Malvasia. v. 148. Semini, Michele, a scholar of Maratta. ”

“ Pietre dure, works in commesso, or variegated stone, more particularly conducted at Florence, and sometimes with the minuteness of the mosaic worker, i. 332. Plagues in Italy proved injurious to painting, ii. 262, iii. 273, v. 419. Play obscured many excellent qualities of Guido, v. 143. Caused the death of Schedone, iv. 59. Pleasure renders artists less correct, ii. 402, v. 64. Portraits, very excellent, ii. 79, 237, iii. 146. Celebrated portrait painters of the Venetian school; see Titian, Contarino, Morone, Tinelli, Ghislandi. Others of every school, at the close of their respective epochs. ”

“ Piccione, Matteo, Marchigiano, an academician of S. Luke in 1655. Orlandi. ii. 234. Piccola, la, Niccola, or Lapiccola, of Palermo, b. 1730, Florent. Dic. d. 1790. ii. 290. Picenardi, Carlo, a Cremonese, flourished about 1600. d. young. Zaist. iv. 194. —— another Carlo Picenardi, flourished about 1660, d. aged 70. Zaist. ib. Piemontese, Cesare, flourished in the pontificate of Gregory XIII. Taia. ii. 171. Pieri, Stefano, a Florentine, d. in the pontificate of Clement VIII., aged 87. Baglione. i. 263. Pieri, de', Antonio, called Lo Zotto, that is, Zoppo da Vicenza, painted in 1738. ”

“ Batista, a Milanese, living in 1718. Orlandi. iv. 322. Sassoferrato, see Salvi. Savoldo, Girol., a Brescian, flourished in 1540. Orlandi. Called also Gio. Girolamo Bresciano. Morelli Notizia, p. 70. iii. 180. Savolini, Cristoforo, da Cesena, living in 1678. Malvasia. v. 173. Savona, di, il Prete, see Guidoboni. Savonanzi, Emilio, a Bolognese, b. 1580, d. aged 80. Orlandi. v. 72. Savorelli, Sebastiano, of Forli, a scholar of Cignani. Guarienti. v. 258. Scacciani, Camillo, da Pesaro, called Carbone, lived towards the end of the eighteenth century. MS. ii. 312. Scacciati, Andrea, a Florentine, b. ”

“ Gionima, Simone, a Paduan, scholar of Cesare Gennari. Crespi. Or rather a Dalmatian by family, and b. at Venice in 1655. Family Pedigree in the Mem. Oretti. v. 171. —— Antonio, son of Simone, b. 1697, d. 1732. Crespi. v. 234. Giordano, Cav. Luca, called Luca fa presto, a Neapolitan, b. 1632, d. 1705. Dominici. Or 1704. Conca. i. 228, ii. 426. —— Stefano, a Messinese, painted in 1541. Hakert. ii. 377. Giorgetti, Giacomo, of Assisi, a scholar of Lanfranco, d. aged 77. Orlandi. ii. 214. Giorgio, di, Francesco, a Sienese, lived in 1480. Vasari. i. ”

“ Collaceroni, Agostino, a Bolognese, pupil to P. Pozzi. Guida d'Ascoli, ii. 288, 338. Colle, dal, near Città S. Sepolcro, Raffaellino, painted in 1546. Vasari. i. 220, ii. 116. Colleoni, Girolamo, a Bergamese. His Memor. from 1532 up to 1555, or thereabouts. See the annotations to Tassi. iii. 182. Colli, Antonio, a pupil of P. Pozzo. Guida di Roma. ii. 338. Colombano, Bernardin, painted at Pavia in 1515. Pitture d'Italia. iv. 235. Colombini, Gio., of Trevisi, d. 1774. Federici. iii. 387. Colonna, Angiol Michele, b. 1600, in the diocese of Como in district of Revel, d. 1687 at Bologna. Crespi. ”

“ Pasterini, Jacopo, a Venetian, a mosaic worker, flourished about 1615. Zanetti. iii. 253. Pasti, Matteo, a Veronese, living in 1472. Maffei. i. 109, iii. 82. Pastorino, da Siena, painted at Rome about 1547. Taia. i. 227. Patanazzi, ——, of Urbino, about the times of Claudio Veronese. MS. ii. 198. Pavese, il, see Sacchi. Pavesi, Francesco, scholar of Maratta. Vita del Maratta. ii. 286. Pavia, Giacomo, a Bolognese, b. the 18th February, 1655. Oretti, Mem. d. about 1750. Guida di Bologna. v. 253. —— da, Donato Bardo, painted in Savona about 1500. Guida di Genova. ”

“ Francesco Romolo, another son, d. 1636, at Rome. Palomino. ib. Cinganelli, Michele, a Florentine, painted at Pisa about 1600. Morrona. i. 296. Cingiaroli, Pozzo; or Cignaroli, Orlandi. Martino and Pietro, of Verona, lived at Milan in 1718. Pozzo. iv. 328. Cingiaroli, Scipione, son of Martino, a Milanese, living in 1718. Orlandi. ib. Cinqui, Gio., b. in the Florentine state, 1667, d. 1743. Roy. Gall. of Florence. i. 342. Ciocca, Cristof., a Milanese, pupil to Lomazzo. Lomazzo. iv. 275. Cipriani, Gio. Batista, a native of Pistoia, d. in London, about 1790. MS. i. ”

“ Racchetti, Bernardo, a Milanese, d. 1702, aged about 63. Orlandi. iv. 327. Raconigi, da, Valentin Lomellino, living in 1561. MS. v. 454. Raffaellino, see Bottalla, Del Colle, Del Garbo, Motta. Raffaello, see Sanzio. Raggi, Pietro Paolo, a Genoese, b. about 1646, d. 1724. Ratti. v. 436. Raibolini, see Francia. Raimondi, Marcantonio, a Bolognese, d. soon after 1527. Vasari. i. 124, ii. 121. Raimondo, a Neapolitan painter of the fifteenth century. v. 450. Rainaldi, Domenico, a Roman, mentioned by Titi, painted in the seventeenth century, ii. 234. ”

“ Grappelli, a painter of the seventeenth century, ii. 234. Grassaleoni, Girolamo, a Ferrarese, d. 1629. Baruffaldi. v. 315. Grassi, Gio. Batista, da Udine, lived in 1568. Vasari. iii. 128. —— Tarquinio, painted at Turin in 1715. Guida di Torino. v. 482. —— Gio. Batista, his son. ib. —— Nicola, a Venetian, pupil of Niccolò Cassana. Zanetti. Called Guassi by Guarienti. In the Guida di Udine he is called Della Carnia. iii. 382, v. 482. Gratella, see Filippi. Grati, Gio. Batista, a Bolognese, b. 1681, d. 1758. Crespi. v. 229. Graziani, scholar of Borgognone. Catalogo Colonna. ii. ”

“ Sustris, is the surname of Federigo di Lamberto, called also Del Padovano, see Del Padovano. T.
Tacconi, Innocenzio, a Bolognese, scholar of Annibal, d. young. Baglione. v. 125. Tafi, Andrea, a Florentine, d. 1294, aged 31. Vasari. i. 32. Tagliasacchi, Gio. Batista, di Borgo S. Donnino, d. 1737. Guida di Piacenza. iv. 142. Talami, Orazio, of Reggio, b. 1625, d. 1705. Tiraboschi. iv. 63. Talpino, see Salmeggia. Tamburini, Gio. Maria, a Bolognese, scholar of Guido, d. old. Guida di Bologna. v. 191. Tancredi, Filippo, a Messinese, b. 1655, d. at Palermo, 1725. Hakert. ii. ”

“ Oretti, Mem. v. 245. —— Mattia, of Turin. Pitture d'Italia, painted in 1745. v. 487. Franceschitto, a Spaniard, scholar of Giordano, d. young. Vita del Giord. of 1728. ii. 433. Francesco, Don, a monk of Cassino; a painter on glass; opened school at Perugia in 1440. Orlandi, Risp. i. 226. Franchi, Ant., a Lucchese, b. 1634, d. 1709. R. Gall. i. 303, ii. 223. —— Cesare, of Perugia, d. 1615. Pascoli. ii. 223. Franchini, Niccolò, a Sienese, living in 1761. Pecci. i. 454. Francia, Domenico, a Bolognese, d. 1758, aged 56. Crespi. v. 275. —— Pietro, a Florentine, one of the masters of Fei. Borghini. ”

“ Loth, Gio. Carlo, a Bavarian, d. 1698, aged 66. Zanetti. iii. 291. —— Onofrio, a Neapolitan, d. 1717. Dominici. ii. 423. Loto, Bartolommeo, a Bolognese, pupil of Viola. Malvasia. v. 204. Lotto, Lorenzo, a Bergamese. His notices from 1513 [6] to 1554 and upwards. Tassi. d. old at Loretto. Vasari. Proved to be a Venetian. Beltramelli Notizie, &c. iii. 110. Loves, see Lys. Luca, Santo, a Florentine, lived in the eleventh century. Lami. ii. 9. —— di Tomè, a Sienese, painted in 1367. Della Valle. i. 399. Lucatelli, (in most books Locatelli,) Pietro, a Roman academician of St. Luke, 1690. Orlandi. ”

“ Filippi, Cesare, another son, d. shortly after 1602. Baruffaldi. v. 318. —— Giacomo, a scholar of the Ferrari, d. 1743. Cittadella. v. 348. —— (Taia,) or rather Filipepi, see Botticelli. Filocamo, Antonio, Paolo, Gaetano, brothers and Messinese, d. in the plague of 1743. Hakert. ii. 440. Finiguerra, Maso, a Florentine, living in 1452. Gori. i. 112. Finoglia, Paol Domenico, d'Orta, d. 1656. Dominici. ii. 405. Fiore, del, Colantonio, a Neapolitan, d. 1444, aged 90. Dominici. Or d. young. Summozio. ii. 350. —— Francesco, a Venetian, deceased in 1434. Zanetti. iii. 27. ”

“ Anselmi, Michelang., of Parma, called Michelangiolo da Lucca, and more commonly Da Siena, 1591. Ratti. Died in 1554. Affò. i. 414, iv. 118. Antelami, or Antelmi, Benedetto, of Parma, a sculptor, his works, 1178 and 1196. Affò. iv. 74. Antoni, degli, or d'Antonio, see Da Messina. Antoniano, Antonio, of Urbino, painted at Genoa after the year 1595. Soprani. ii. 189. It seems we ought to read Antonio Viviani. Lazzari. v. 393. Anversa, d', Ugo, flourished in the sixteenth century. Vasari. iii. 44. Apollodoro, Francesco, called Porcia of Friuli, living in 1606. ”

“ Augusta, Cristoforo, from Casal Maggiore, pupil of Malosso, d. young. Zaist. His altar-piece at S. Domenico di Cremona, bears his name and date of 1590. Oretti, Memorie. iv. 192. Aviani, of Vicenza. See Guida di Vicenza. Must have flourished about 1630, iii. 344. Avogadro, Pietro, a Brescian, flourished about 1730. See the Florentine Dictionary. iii. 371. Ausse, a Flemand, pupil to Ruggieri. Vasari. More commonly called Ans, or Hans, or Gianes da Bruggia, iii. 44. Autelli, Jacopo, a mosaic painter to the G. Duke of Tuscany, lived in 1649. Baldinucci. i. 334. Azzolini, or Mazzolini, Gio. ”

“ See also Art of Vision. Montani, Gioseffo. His MS. Lives. v. 161. Morelli, Cav. D. Jacopo, Keeper of the R. Library at S. Mark's in Venice. Account of works of Design during the first half of the sixteenth century, then existing at Padua, Cremona, Milan, Pavia, Bergamo, Crema, and Venice. Anonymous. Bassano, 1800, 8vo. iii. 3, and often in the cities pointed out. Moreni, Ab. Domenico. Historical Notices of places adjacent to Florence, 6 tom. 8vo. Florence, 1790, 1792, 1793, 4, 5, 6. i. 52, and in Index I. Morigia, Paolo. On the Milanese Nobility, with the additions of Borsieri. ”

“ Milani, Giulio Cesare, a Bolognese, b. 1621, d. aged 57. Orlandi. v. 164. —— Aureliano, his nephew, b. 1675, d. 1749, at Rome. Crespi. v. 233. Milano, da, Agostino, scholar of Suardi. Lomazzo. iv. 181. —— Andrea, living in 1495. Zanetti. iv. 233. —— another Andrea da Milano, see Solari. —— Francesco, was living in 1540. Federici. iii. 185. —— Gio., painted in 1370. Vasari. i. 60, iv. 211. Milocco, Antonio, of Turin, a painter of this age. Pitture d'Italia. v. 487. Minga, del, Andrea, a Florentine, was living in 1568. Vasari. i. 264. Mini, Antonio, a Florentine, pupil of Bonarruoti. Vasari. i. ”

“ Domenichino, or Menichino, see Zampieri, see Ambrogi. Dominici, Franc., da Trevigi, flourished about 1530. Guida di Trevigi. d. aged 35. Ridolfi. iii. 166. —— de', Bernardo, a Neapolitan, published his history in 1742 and 1743, ii. 444. Donatello, otherwise Donato, a Florentine, b. 1383, d. 1466. Vasari. i. 70, 225. Donati, Bortolo, a Venetian. Guida. Was living in 1660. Boschini. iii. 271. —— de', Luigi, of Coma, painted in 1510. MS. iv. 226. Donato, painted in Venice in 1459. Ridolfi. iii. 28. —— Zeno, a Veronese, a painter of the sixteenth century. Vasari. iii. ”

“ Razzi, Cav. Giannantonio, di Vercelli, called Il Sodoma, lived to about the age of 75, d. 1554. Vasari. i. 411. Realfonso, Tommaso, a Neapolitan, and pupil of Belvidere. Dominici. ii. 424. Recchi, Gio. Paolo and Gio. Batista, da Como, painted about 1560. MS. iv. 319, v. 477. —— Gio. Batista, a nephew of Gio. Paolo. Pitture d'Italia. iv. 319. Recco, Cav. Giuseppe, a Neapolitan, b. 1634, d. 1695. Dominici. ii. ”