son with any that have- been produced in those parts by other masters.
Almost at the same time there was a sculptor in Milan, called Angelo, and who bore the surname of Ciciliano. This artist produced a work on the same side of the cathedral above-mentioned; this is no less beautiful than that of Cristofano, which stands near it; the work of Angelo is a figure representing Santa Maria Maddalena borne through the air by four Angels in the form of children; the size is that of the Adam and Eve by Cristofano. The last mentioned sculptor gave much attention to architecture as well as to sculpture, and among other works he commenced the portico of San Celso,[1] in Milan, which was finished after his death by Tofano,[2] called II Lombardino, who erected many churches and palaces in all parts of Milan, as we have already related in the Life of Giulio Romano; among these, the convent, church, and vestibule belonging to the nuns of Santa Caterina, and which is situate at the Porta Ticinese, may more particularly be mentioned; many other fabrics of similar character were also constructed by Tofano.[3]
Silvio da Fiesole[4] was also employed, by the intervention of Tofano. in the works of the above-mentioned cathedral, and among the stories in the life of Our Lady which decorate a door looking towards the north west, there is one by his hand, that namely which represents the Espousals of the Virgin, a very beautiful relief it is. The story of similar size which is opposite to this, represents the Marriage at Cana in Galilee, and is by the hand of Marco da Gra,[5] a very
- ↑ The design of the church and portico of San Celso was by Bramante, according to De Pagave, and the execution of the work was confided to Angelo Siciliano, whom Vasari calls Ciciliano.
- ↑ Cristofano, that is to say.
- ↑ De Pagave attributes the works at the Porta Ticinese to Galeazzo Alessio, of Perugia.
- ↑ Silvio Cosini of Fiesole has been already mentioned in the Life of Andrea da Fiesole. See vol. iii. p. 103.
- ↑ It has been suggested that this “Marco da Gra” may probably mean Marco Ferrerio, called Agrafe, by whom the celebrated marble statue of St. Bartholomew, in the Milanese Cathedral, was executed.
