rtraits from life of many men of rank, and in
particular that of Pope Paul III. But, perceiving that it was no place
for him, and that he was not likely to acquire honour, profit, or fame
among so many noble craftsmen, he went off to Naples, where he found
some friends who showed him favour, and above all M. Tommaso Cambi, a
Florentine merchant, and a devoted lover of pictures and antiquities in
marble, by whom he was supplied with everything of which he was in need.
Thereupon, setting to work, he executed a panel-picture of the Magi, in
oils, for the chapel of one M. Antonello, Bishop of I know not what
place, in Monte Oliveto, and another panel-picture in oils for S.
Aniello, containing the Madonna, S. Paul, and S. John the Baptist, with
portraits from life for many noblemen.

Being now well advanced in years, he lived like a miser, and was always
trying to save money; and after no long time, having little more to do
in Naples, he returned to Rome. There some friends of his, having heard
that he had saved a few crowns, persuaded him that he ought to get
married and live a properly-regulated life. And so, thinking that he was
doing well for himself, he let those friends deceive him so completely
that they imposed upon him for a wife, to suit their own convenience, a
prostitute whom they had been keeping. Then, after he had married her
and come to a knowledge of her, the truth was revealed, at which the
poor old man was so grieved that he died in a few weeks at the age of
sixty-nine.

And now to say something of Innocenzio da Imola. This master was for
many years in Florence with Mariotto Albertinelli; and then, having
returned to Imola, he executed many works in that place. But finally, at
the persuasion of Count Giovan Battista Bentivogli, he went to live in
Bologna, where one of his first works was a copy of a picture formerly
executed by Raffaello da Urbino for Signor Leonello da Carpi. And for
the Monks of S. Michele in Bosco he painted in fresco, in their
chapter-house, the Death of Our Lady and the Resurrection of Christ,
works which were executed with truly supreme diligence and finish. For
the church of the same monks, also, he painted the panel of the
high-altar, the upper part of which is done in a good manner. For the
Servites of Bologna he executed an Annunciation on panel, and for S.
Salvatore a Crucifixion, with many pictures of various kinds throughout
the whole city. At the Viola, for the Cardinal of I