He died before this work was completed, of hydropsy, and was
buried in the Servite Church.
GIORGIO VASARI, better known as the chronicler of the works of other
artists than for the excellence of his own, was born at Arezzo, 1512--
died at Florence, 1574. His father was a painter, and the family was
connected by ties of relationship with Luca Signorelli of Cortona.
Among the many masters under whom he studied was Andrea del Sarto. He
did not remain long under his tuition, having contrived to offend
Lucrezia in some way. He painted a great many frescoes at Arezzo, where
he lived in his youth with his paternal uncle Don Antonio. Don Miniato
Pitti, prior of the convent of Monte Oliveti, near Siena, next employed
him to adorn the portico of his church. He had the good fortune to
attract the notice of Cardinal Ippolito de' Medici, who took him to
Rome in his suite, where he gained much advantage by the study of the
works of the great masters there. The Medici family, especially Andrea
del Sarto's patron, Ottaviano, were his constant friends: and their
palaces are profusely decorated by him.
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