o
this chamber, in the last of the three, which is dedicated to Solitude,
Taddeo, with the help of his assistants, painted Christ preaching to the
Apostles in the desert and in the woods, with a S. John on the right
hand that is very well executed. In another scene, which is opposite to
the first, are painted many figures of men who are living in the forest
in order to avoid the conversation of mankind; and these certain others
are seeking to disturb, throwing stones at them, while some are plucking
out their own eyes so as not to see. And in this scene, likewise, is
painted the Emperor Charles V, portrayed from life, with this
inscription--

POST INNUMEROS LABORES OCIOSAM QUIETAMQUE VITAM TRADUXIT.

Opposite to Charles is the portrait of the last Grand Turk, who much
delighted in solitude, with these words--

ANIMUM A NEGOCIO AD OCIUM REVOCAVIT.

Near him is Aristotle, who has beneath him these words--

ANIMA FIT SEDENDO ET QUIESCENDO PRUDENTIOR.

Opposite to him, beneath another figure by the hand of Taddeo, is
written this--

QUEMADMODUM NEGOCII, SIC ET OCII RATIO HABENDA.

Beneath another may be read--

OCIUM CUM DIGNITATE, NEGOCIUM SINE PERICULO.

And opposite to that, under another figure, is this motto--

VIRTUTIS ET LIBERAE VITAE OPTIMA MAGISTRA SOLITUDO.

Beneath another--

PLUS AGUNT QUI NIHIL AGERE VIDENTUR.

And under the last--

QUI AGIT PLURIMA, PLURIMUM PECCAT.

To put it briefly, this room is very ornate with beautiful figures, and
likewise very rich in stucco and gold. But to return to Vignuola; how
excellent he is in matters of architecture, the works that he has
written and published and still continues to write, in addition to his
marvellous buildings, bear ample testimony, and in the Life of
Michelagnolo we shall say all that it may be expedient for us to say in
this connection.

Taddeo, in addition to the works described above, executed many others
of which there is no need to make mention; but in particular a chapel in
the Church of the Goldsmiths in the Strada Giulia, a facade in
chiaroscuro at S. Gieronimo, and the Chapel of the High-altar in S.
Sabina. And his brother Federigo is painting for the Chapel of S.
Lorenzo, which is all wrought in stucco, in S. Lorenzo in Damaso, an
altar-piece with that Saint on the gridiron and Paradise all open; which
altar-piece is expected to prove a very beautiful work. And, in order
not to omit any