bastian
Florence: Uffizi, 1279 250

GIOVANNI ANTONIO BAZZI (IL SODOMA)
S. Ansano
Siena: Palazzo Pubblico 252

GIOVANNI ANTONIO BAZZI (IL SODOMA)
S. Francis
Siena: S. Bernardino, Oratory 252

GIOVANNI ANTONIO BAZZI (IL SODOMA)
The Adoration of the Magi
Siena: S. Agostino 254

GIOVANNI ANTONIO BAZZI (IL SODOMA)
The Sacrifice of Isaac
Pisa: Duomo 256

NICCOLO, CALLED TRIBOLO

LIFE OF NICCOLO, CALLED TRIBOLO

SCULPTOR AND ARCHITECT

Raffaello the carpenter, surnamed Il Riccio de' Pericoli, who lived
near the Canto a Monteloro in Florence, had born to him in the year
1500, as he used to tell me himself, a male child, whom he was pleased
to call at baptism, like his own father, Niccolo; and having perceived
that the boy had a quick and ready intelligence and a lofty spirit, he
determined, although he was but a poor artisan, that he should begin
straightway by learning to read and write well and cast accounts.
Sending him to school, therefore, it came about, since the child was
very vivacious and so high-spirited in his every action, that he was
always cramped for room and was a very devil both among the other boys
at school and everywhere else, always teasing and tormenting both
himself and others, that he lost his own name of Niccolo and acquired
that of Tribolo[2] to such purpose, that he was called that ever
afterwards by everyone.

[Footnote 2: Teasel.]

Now, Tribolo growing, his father, in order both to make use of him and
to curb the boy's exuberance, took him into his workshop and taught
him his own trade; but having seen in a few months that he was ill
suited for such a calling, being somewhat delicate, thin, and feeble
in health, he came to the conclusion that if he wished to keep him
alive, he must release him from the heavier labours of his craft and
set him to wood-carving. Having heard that without design, the father
of all the arts, the boy could not become an excellent master therein,
Raffaello resolved that he should begin by devoting all his time to
design, and therefore made him draw now cornices, foliage, and
grotesques, and now other things necessary to such a profession. And
having seen