tles, who are
foreshortened to be seen from below, with beautiful grace and great
artistry. At Milan, for the Church of the Passione, a convent of Canons
Regular, he painted a Christ Crucified on a panel in oils, with some
Angels, the Madonna, S. John the Evangelist, and the other Maries. In
the Nunnery of S. Paolo, a convent also in Milan, he executed four
scenes, with the Conversion and other acts of that Saint. In that work
he was assisted by Antonio Campo, his brother, who also painted for the
Nunnery of S. Caterina at the Porta Ticinese, likewise in Milan, for a
chapel in the new church, the architecture of which is by Lombardino, a
picture in oils of S. Helen directing the search for the Cross of
Christ, which is a passing good work. And Vincenzio, likewise, the third
of those three brothers, having learned much from Giulio, as Antonio has
also done, is a young man of excellent promise.

To the same Giulio Campo have been disciples not only his two
above-named brothers, but also Lattanzio Gambara and others; but most
excellent in painting, doing him more honour than any of the rest, has
been Sofonisba Anguisciuola of Cremona, with her three sisters, which
most gifted maidens are the daughters of Signor Amilcare Anguisciuola
and Signora Bianca Punzona, both of whom belong to the most noble
families in Cremona. Speaking, then, of Signora Sofonisba, of whom we
said but little in the Life of Properzia of Bologna, because at that
time we knew no more, I must relate that I saw this year in the house of
her father at Cremona, in a picture executed with great diligence by her
hand, portraits of her three sisters in the act of playing chess, and
with them an old woman of the household, all done with such care and
such spirit, that they have all the appearance of life, and are wanting
in nothing save speech. In another picture may be seen, portrayed by the
same Sofonisba, her father Signor Amilcare, who has on one side one of
his daughters, her sister, called Minerva, who was distinguished in
painting and in letters, and on the other side Asdrubale, their brother,
the son of the same man; and these, also, are executed so well, that
they appear to be breathing and absolutely alive. At Piacenza, in the
house of the reverend Archdeacon of the principal church, are two very
beautiful pictures by the same hand: in one is the portrait of the
Archdeacon, and in the other that of Sofonisba herself, and each of
those figures lacks n