commands of more than one Marquis of Carrara, directions to that effect having been left in the testaments of succeeding nobles. The upper part was painted by Jacopo Avanzi: beneath were certain stories from the life of Santa Lucia, with a Last Supper, by Aldigieri, and Sebeto depicted events from the life of San Giovanni.[1] At a later period, these three masters, having all returned to Yerona, painted together in the palace of the Counts Serenghi, the subjects of these works being representations of wedding feasts, wherein there were numerous portraits and a variety of vestments proper to that time. This was considered to be the best of all the labours executed by Jacopo Avanzi, but, as mention has already been made of him in the Life of Niccolo d’ Arezzo, in reference to the works performed by him at Bologna, in competition with the painters Simone, Christofano, and Galasso, I will say no more respecting him in this place.
There was, at the same time, a painter who was held in good esteem at Venice, although he adhered to the Greek manner: this was Jacobello di Flore, who executed a considerable number of works in that city, more particularly an altar-piece for the Nuns of the Corpus Domini, which is placed on the altar of San Domenico, in their church. A competitor of this master was Giromin Morzone,[2] who painted numerous pictures in Venice and many other cities of Lombardy; but as he pursued the old manner, and made all his figures standing on the points of their feet, I will say nothing more of him, except that there is a picture with numerous saints in it,[3] by his hand, on the altar of the Assumption in the church of Santa Lena (St. Helena). A much better master than Morzone was the Paduan painter, Guariero,[4] who, in addition to many other works,
- ↑ The paintings in the chapel of San Giorgio de’ Lupi were so covered with the dust of ages that they were considered to be totally spoiled, until the German, Dr. Ernest Forster, discovered them during a prolonged residence in PaAia, when they were carefully cleaned.
- ↑ According to Zanotti, the name of this artist was Morazone; but Moschini calls him Moroceni.
- ↑ The church having been abandoned to secular uses, this picture has been removed to the Gallery of the Academy in Venice.
- ↑ This name should be Guariento, most probably an error of the press or the copyist.
