he guardaroba of the Lord Duke of Ferrara there are seen portraits
from life in many pictures by his hand, which are very well wrought and
very lifelike. In the houses of noblemen, likewise, there are works by
his hand which are held in great veneration.

In the Church of S. Domenico at Ravenna, in the Chapel of S. Sebastiano,
he painted the panel in oil and certain scenes in fresco, which were
much extolled. Being next summoned to Bologna, he painted a panel in the
Chapel of the Mariscotti in S. Petronio, representing S. Sebastian bound
to the column and pierced with arrows, with many other figures, which
was the best work in distemper that had been made up to that time in
that city. By his hand, also, was the panel of S. Jerome in the Chapel
of the Castelli, and likewise that of S. Vincent, wrought in like manner
in distemper, which is in the Chapel of the Griffoni; the predella of
this he caused to be painted by a pupil of his, who acquitted himself
much better than the master did in the panel, as will be told in the
proper place. In the same city, and in the same church, Lorenzo painted
a panel for the Chapel of the Rossi, with Our Lady, S. James, S. George,
S. Sebastian, and S. Jerome; which work is better and sweeter in manner
than any other that he ever made.

Afterwards, having entered the service of Signor Francesco Gonzaga,
Marquis of Mantua, Lorenzo painted many scenes for him, partly in
gouache and partly in oil, in an apartment in the Palace of S.
Sebastiano. In one is the Marchioness Isabella, portrayed from life,
accompanied by many ladies who are singing various parts and making a
sweet harmony. In another is the Goddess Latona, who is transforming
certain peasants into frogs, according to the fable. In the third is the
Marquis Francesco, led by Hercules along the path of virtue upon the
summit of a mountain consecrated to Eternity. In another picture the
same Marquis is seen triumphant on a pedestal, with a staff in his hand;
and round him are many nobles and retainers with standards in their
hands, all rejoicing and full of jubilation at his greatness, among whom
there is an infinite number of portraits from the life. And in the great
hall, where the triumphal processions by the hand of Mantegna now are,
he painted two pictures, one at each end. In the first, which is in
gouache, are many naked figures lighting fires and making sacrifices to
Hercules; and in this is a portrait from life of the Marquis,