pleased to oppose herself to high beginnings, would not suffer L’Ingegno to attain to the perfection he was approaching: a cold and affection of the head fell with such fatal effect upon his eyes that the hapless Andrea became totally blind, to the bitter and lasting sorrow of all who knew him. When this most deplorable accident was made known to Pope Sixtus, that pontiff, always the friend and protector of able men, commanded that provision should be made for him in Assisi; and, during the remainder of his life, by those who had the management of the revenues in that city. A certain sum was therefore paid to Andrea until he died, which happened when he had attained the eighty-sixth year of his age.
Other disciples of Pietro, and also natives of Perugia, were Eusebio di San Giorgio, who painted the Adoration of the Magi in SanP Agostino,[1] Domenico di Paris,[2] who executed various paintings in Perugia and the surrounding country, in company with his brother Orazio[3] and Gian Niccola,[4] who painted Christ in the Garden, in a picture for the church of San Francesco, with the altar-piece for the chapel of the Baglioni, in San Domenico, and certain stories in fresco from the life of San Giovanni Batista, in the chapel of the Exchange.
Benedetto Caporali,[5] otherwise called Bitti, was, in like manner, a disciple of Pietro: there are many pictures by his hand in his native city of Perugia. He occupied himself, to a great extent, in architecture also, and not only executed numerous works, but also wrote a Commentary on Vitruvius, which every one may see, since it has been printed. Benedetto Caporali was followed in these studies by his son Giulio, also a painter of Perugia.
- ↑ Still in its place. — See Mezzanotte; see also Orsini, Vita Elogio, &c., who criticises it severely; and Pascoli, Vite de' Pittori Ferugini.
- ↑ For details respecting this master, Domenico di Paris Alfani, of a noble family of Perugia, see Orsini, ut supra.
- ↑ Orazio was the son, not the brother of Domenico, and was the founder of the Academy of Design of Perugia.
- ↑ Giannicola di Paolo Manni, one of the best of Pietro’s scholars. —See Mezzanotte, as cited above. The picture of the Baglioni chapel here described is now in the Gallery of the Academy of Perugia. His frescoes in the Exchange are still in existence.
- ↑ His name was not Benedetto, but Giambattista. For his works, see Mariotti, Lettere, &c.
