hat man to be not very ready to teach his young men,
although besought by them most earnestly and invited by their patience
to do his duty by them; and he resolved to leave him. He was much
grieved that Giorgione should have died in those days, whose manner
pleased him vastly, and even more his reputation for having taught
well and willingly, and with lovingness, all that he knew; but, since
there was nothing else to be done, Paris resolved in his mind that he
would follow the manner of Giorgione. And so, setting himself to
labour and to counterfeit the work of that master, he became such that
he acquired very good credit; wherefore at the age of eighteen there
was allotted to him an altar-piece that was to be painted for the
Church of S. Niccolo, of the Friars Minors. Which having heard,
Tiziano so went to work with various means and favours that he took it
out of his hands, either to prevent him from being able to display his
ability so soon, or perhaps drawn by his desire of gain.

Afterwards Paris was summoned to Vicenza, to paint a scene in fresco
in the Loggia of the Piazza where justice is administered, beside that
of the Judgment of Solomon which Tiziano had previously executed; and
he went very willingly, and painted there a story of Noah with his
sons, which was held to be a work passing good in diligence and in
design, and not less beautiful than that of Tiziano, insomuch that by
those who know not the truth they are considered to be both by the
same hand. Having returned to Venice, Paris executed some nudes in
fresco at the foot of the bridge of the Rialto; by reason of which
essay he was commissioned to paint some facades of houses in Venice.
Being then summoned to Treviso, he painted there likewise some facades
and other works, and in particular many portraits, which gave much
satisfaction; that of the Magnificent M. Alberto Unigo, that of M.
Marco Seravalle, and of M. Francesco da Quer, of the Canon Rovere, and
of Monsignor Alberti. For the Duomo of that city, in an altar-piece in
the centre of the church, at the instance of the reverend Vicar, he
painted the Nativity of Jesus Christ, and then a Resurrection. For S.
Francesco he executed another altar-piece at the request of the
Chevalier Rovere, another for S. Girolamo, and one for Ognissanti,
with different heads of Saints both male and female, all beautiful and
varied in the attitudes and in the vestments. He executed another
altar-piece for S. Lorenzo