First, for
the Church of S. Felice in Piazza, a place then belonging to the Monks
of Camaldoli, they painted in an altar-piece Christ and Our Lady in the
air, who are praying to God the Father for the people below, where some
Saints are kneeling. In S. Felicita they painted two chapels in fresco,
despatching them in an able manner; in one is the Dead Christ with the
Maries, and in the other the Assumption of Our Lady, with some Saints.
For the Church of the Nuns of S. Jacopo delle Murate they executed an
altar-piece at the commission of Bishop de' Bonafe of Cortona: and for
the Convent of the Nuns of Ripoli another altar-piece with Our Lady and
some Saints. For the Chapel of the Segni, below the organ in the Church
of S. Spirito, they painted, likewise in an altar-piece, Our Lady, S.
Anne, and many other Saints; for the Company of the Neri a picture of
the Beheading of S. John the Baptist; and for the Monachine in Borgo S.
Friano an altar-piece of the Annunciation. In another altar-piece, for
S. Rocco at Prato, they painted S. Rocco, S. Sebastian, and between them
Our Lady; and likewise, for the Company of S. Bastiano, beside S. Jacopo
sopra Arno, they executed an altar-piece containing Our Lady, S.
Sebastian, and S. James; with another for S. Martino alla Palma. And,
finally, they painted for S. Alessandro Vitelli a S. Anne in a picture
that was sent to Citta di Castello, and placed in the chapel of that
lord in S. Fiorido.

But, since the works and pictures that issued from Ridolfo's shop were
without number, and even more so the portraits from life, I shall say
only that a portrait was made by him of Signor Cosimo de' Medici when he
was very young, which was a most beautiful work, and very true to life;
which picture is still preserved in the guardaroba of his Excellency.
Ridolfo was a rapid and resolute painter in certain kinds of work, and
particularly in festive decorations; and thus, for the entry of the
Emperor Charles V into Florence, he executed in ten days an arch at the
Canto alla Cuculia, and another arch in a very short time at the Porta
al Prato for the coming of the most illustrious Lady, Duchess Leonora,
as will be related in the Life of Battista Franco. At the Madonna di
Vertigli, a seat of the Monks of Camaldoli, without the township of
Monte Sansovino, Ridolfo, having with him the above-named Battista
Franco and Michele, executed in chiaroscuro, in a little cloister, all
the stories of the life of J