It
is so much injured as to be almost indistinguishable now, but was much
admired at the time, though some say it was too laboured, and so wanting
in ease and grace. [Footnote: Biadi, 26; Vasari, vol. iii, p 189.] It is
more likely that it was one of his early works, and should be classed
before the frescoes of the Scalzo, for it is said that he was living at
the time with his father, whose shop was over the archway, and that he
had adorned the inner walls of the house with two frescoed angels.
[Footnote: _Firenze antica e moderna_ Ed. Flor. 1794, vol. vi, p. 216.]
These have perished completely.
CHAPTER III.
SOCIAL LIFE AND MARRIAGE.
A.D. 1511-1516.
This chapter will speak of the _man_, and not of the
_artist_. As it is now understood that history is not a dry record
of battles and laws, but the story of the inner life of a people, so
the biography of a painter ought not to consist wholly in a list and
description of his works, but a picture of his life and inner mind,
that we may know the character which prompted the works.
First, as to personal appearance.
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