For
in Rome Polidoro, a painter, had a very different style to that of
Balthazar, of Siena; M. Perino different from that of Julius, of Mantua;
Martorino did not resemble Parmesano; Cavalliere Tiziano in Venice was
softer than Leonardo da Vinci; the sprightliness of Raphael of Urbino and
his softness does not resemble the work of Bastiao Veneziano; your work
does not resemble any other; nor is my small talent similar to any other.
And although the famous ones whom I have mentioned have the light and
shade, the design and the colours different from each other, they are none
the less all great and famous men, and each distinguished by his
difference and style, and their works very worthy of being valued at
almost the same price, because each of them worked to imitate Nature and
perfection in the manner that he considered to be the most proper, and his
own, and in accordance with his idea and intention."
And this said, we rose and went away as it was already night.
THE WORKS OF MICHAEL ANGELO
The Rape of Deianira, or the Battle of the Centaurs, a bas-relief, 1490.
Casa Buonarroti, Florence.
The Angel of the Shrine of Saint Dominic, a marble statuette, 1494.
San Domenico, Bologna.
The Bacchus, a marble statue, 1497.
National Museum, Florence.
The Madonna della Pieta, a marble group, 1499.
St. Peter's, Rome.
The David, a colossal marble statue, 1504.
Accademia della Belle Arti, Florence.
St. Matthew, an unfinished heroic marble statue.
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