entioned, was one of the most versatile painters
of our times, in that he assisted the craftsmen to work excellently in
stucco, and executed grotesques, landscapes, animals, and all the other
things of which a painter can have knowledge, using colours in fresco,
in oils, and in distemper. Whence it may be said that he was the father
of these most noble arts, seeing that his talents live in those who are
continually imitating him in every honourable field of art. After
Perino's death were published many prints taken from his drawings, such
as the Slaying of the Giants that he executed in Genoa, eight stories of
S. Peter taken from the Acts of the Apostles, of which he made designs
for the embroidering of a cope for Pope Paul III, and many other things,
which are known by the manner.

Perino made use of many young men, and taught the secrets of art to many
disciples; but the best of them all, and the one of whom he availed
himself more than of any other, was Girolamo Siciolante of Sermoneta, of
whom there will be an account in the proper place. His disciple,
likewise, was Marcello Mantovano, who executed on a wall at the entrance
of the Castello di S. Angelo, after the design and under the direction
of Perino, a Madonna with many Saints in fresco, which was a very
beautiful thing; but of his works as well there will be an account
elsewhere.

Perino left many designs at his death, some by his hand and some by
others; among the latter, one of the whole Chapel of Michelagnolo
Buonarroti, drawn by the hand of Leonardo Cungi of Borgo a San Sepolcro,
which was an excellent work. All these designs, with other things, were
sold by his heirs; and in our book are many drawings done by him with
the pen, which are very beautiful.

FOOTNOTE:

[27] Or Perino.

[28] Vasari sometimes groups under this name all the male
figures that appear in a picture of the Deposition from the Cross.

GIORGIO VASARI TO THE CRAFTSMEN IN DESIGN

TO THE CRAFTSMEN IN DESIGN

GIORGIO VASARI

EXCELLENT AND WELL-BELOVED BROTHER-CRAFTSMEN--

So great has always been the delight, to say nothing of the profit and
honour, that I have derived from practising my hand to the best of my
ability in this most noble art of ours, that I have not only had a
burning desire to exalt and to celebrate her, and to honour her in every
manner open to me, but have also been full of affection for all those
who have taken the same pleasure in her and have