ata in Florence he made a marble tomb for Messer Orlando de'
Medici. Finally, at the age of fifty-five, he rendered up his spirit
to God who had given it to him. Nor was it long before Filarete, having
returned to Rome, died at the age of sixty-nine, and was buried in the
Minerva, where he had caused Giovanni Foccora, a painter of no small
repute, to make a portrait of Pope Eugenius, while he was staying in
Rome in the service of that Pontiff. The portrait of Antonio, by his own
hand, is at the beginning of his book, where he gives instructions for
building. His disciples were Varrone and Niccolo, both Florentines, who
made the marble statue for Pope Pius II near Pontemolle, at the time
when he brought the head of S. Andrew to Rome. By order of the same Pope
they restored Tigoli almost from the foundations; and in S. Pietro they
made the ornament of marble that is above the columns of the chapel
wherein the said head of S. Andrew is preserved. Near that chapel is the
tomb of the said Pope Pius, made by Pasquino da Montepulciano, a
disciple of Filarete, and Bernardo Ciuffagni. This Bernardo wrought a
tomb of marble for Gismondo Malatesti in S. Francesco at Rimini, making
his portrait there from nature; and he also executed some works, so it
is said, in Lucca and in Mantua.

[Illustration: VINCENZIO DI ZOPPA (FOPPA): MADONNA AND CHILD

(_Settignano: Berenson Collection. Panel_)]

[Illustration: TOMB OF POPE MARTIN V

(_After the bronze relief by =Simone=. Rome: S. Giovanni in Laterano_)

_Anderson_]

FOOTNOTE:

[1] Literally, Hospice for God's poor.

GIULIANO DA MAIANO

LIFE OF GIULIANO DA MAIANO

SCULPTOR AND ARCHITECT

No small error do those fathers of families make who do not allow the
minds of their children to run the natural course in their childhood,
and do not suffer them to follow the calling that is most in accordance
with their taste; for to try to turn them to something for which they
have no inclination is manifestly to prevent them from ever being
excellent in anything, because we almost always find that those who
labour at something that they do not like make little progress in any
occupation whatsoever. On the other hand, those who follow the instinct
of nature generally become excellent and famous in the arts that they
pursue; as was seen clearly in Giuliano da Maiano. The father of this
man, after living a long time on the hill of Fiesole, in the part called
Maiano, working a