Cross, with the Thieves fixed on their crosses, and the Madonna in
a swoon, painted in oil-colours, all beautiful and executed with
diligence and with great credit to him. He has made many pictures
throughout Rome, and figures in various manners, and has executed a
number of full-length portraits, both nude and draped, of men and
women, which have proved very beautiful, because the subjects were not
otherwise. He has also portrayed, according as occasions arose, many
heads of noble ladies, gentlewomen and princesses who have been in
Rome; and among others, I know that he once portrayed Signora Livia
Colonna, a most noble lady, incomparable in her illustrious blood, her
virtue, and her beauty. And let this suffice for Jacopo del Conte, who
is still living and constantly at work.

I might have made known, also, many from our Tuscany and from other
parts of Italy, their names and their works, which I have passed over
lightly, because many of them, being old, have ceased to work, and
others who are young are now trying their hands and will become known
better by their works than by means of writings. But of Adone Doni of
Assisi, because he is still living and working, although I made
mention of him in the Life of Cristofano Gherardi, I shall give some
particulars of his works, such as are in Perugia and throughout all
Umbria, and in particular many altar-pieces in Foligno. But his best
works are in S. Maria degli Angeli at Assisi, in the little chapel
where S. Francis died, wherein are some stories of the life of that
Saint executed in oils on the walls, which are much extolled, besides
which, he has painted the Passion of Christ in fresco at the head of
the refectory of that convent, in addition to many other works that
have done him honour; and his gentleness and courtesy have caused him
to be considered liberal and courteous.

In Orvieto there are two young men also of that same profession, one a
painter called Cesare del Nebbia, and the other a sculptor, both well
on the way to bringing it about that their city, which up to the
present has always invited foreign masters to adorn her, will no
longer be obliged, if they follow up the beginnings that they have
made, to seek other masters. There is working at Orvieto, in S. Maria,
the Duomo of that city, a young painter called Niccolo dalle
Pomarancie, who, having executed an altar-piece wherein is Christ
raising Lazarus, has given signs--not to speak of other works in
f