pictures, among which were several painted in oil in the marble chapel[1] of Sant’ Antonio of Padua, wherein our artist depicted all the events of the life of Sant’ Antonio.[2] These works do, without doubt, give obvious proof of judgment, ability, and grace; they are also more particularly to be remarked for propriety and delicacy of finish.[3] For San Salvatore Girolamo painted a picture of Our Lady ascending the steps of the Temple, and accompanied by several saints; with another Madonna, the last-mentioned appearing in the air with angels in the form of children; beneath are San Girolamo and Santa Caterina:[4] this last is perhaps the most feeble of the works performed in the city of Bologna by Girolamo of Treviso. Over a large portal in the same city this artist painted a Crucifix in fresco, with Our Lady and San Giovanni; these figures are worthy of high commendation.[5]
In the church of San Domenico, in Bologna, Girolamo painted a picture in oil, which may be justly considered the best of his works;[6] this represents the Madonna, with numerous saints: it will be found near the choir in ascending towards the tomb of San Domenico, and contains the portrait of the person by whom the painter was commissioned to execute the work. He also painted a picture for the Count Giovanni Battista Bentivogli, who had received the Cartoon of the same from the hand of the Sienese Baldassare; this exhibits the story of the Magi, and was completed with the utmost perfection by Girolamo, although there are more than one hundred figures in it.[7] There are many other works by
- ↑ The pictures of the first chapel of St. Petronio, called that of the Madonna of Peace, have been destroyed. — Ed. Flor. 1832-8.
- ↑ Vasari here means to say that the paintings were executed in the chapel whereon stands the marble statue of St. Anthony, sculptured by Jacopo Sansovino, and that they were painted in chiai’o-scuro, intended to imitate marble, and were executed in oil. — Ibid.
- ↑ The Presentation in the Temple namely, the work retains its place.— Masselli.
- ↑ This also is still in a small chapel of the Church of San Salvatore.— Ibid.
- ↑ These frescoes have been destroyed.
- ↑ This work was sold to a gentleman of Imola, on whose death it is believed to have been transported to some foreign land. The Passagero disingannato” (1755) declares the work to have been then already removed from among the treasures of the Church, of San Domenico.
- ↑ See the Life of Baldassare Peruzzi, ante, p. 164. The cartoon can
