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PERUZZI, BALDASSARE (1481-1536)

This article appears in Volume V21, Page 281 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

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PERUZZI, BALDASSARE (1481-1536) , Italian architect and painter of the Roman school, was born at Ancajano, in the diocese of Volterra, and passed his early life at Siena, where his father resided. While quite
young
  Peruzzi went to Rome, and there studied architecture and painting; in the latter he was at first a follower of Perugino. The choir frescoes in Sant' Onofrio on the Janiculan Hill, usually attributed to Pinturicchio, are by his hand. One of the first works which brought renown to the
young
  architect was the villa on the banks of the Tiber in Rome now known as the Farnesina, originally built for the Sienese Agostino Chigi, a wealthy banker. This villa, like all Peruzzi's works, is remarkable for its graceful
design
  and the delicacy of its detail. It is best known for the frescoes painted there by Raphael and his pupils to illustrate the stories of Psyche and Galatea. One of the loggie has frescoes by Peruzzi's own handthe story of Medusa. On account of his success Peruzzi was appointed by Leo X. in 1520 architect to St Peter's at a salary of 250 scudi; his
design
  for its completion was not, however, carried out. During the sack of Rome in 1527 Peruzzi barely escaped with his life, on condition of his painting the portrait of Constable de Bourbon, who had been killed during the siege (see
VASARI
 ). From Rome he escaped to Siena, where he was made city architect, and designed fortifications for its defence, a
great
  part of which still exist. Soon afterwards he returned to Rome, where he made designs for a palace for the Orsini family, a.nd built the palaces Massimi and Vidoni, as well as others in the south of Italy. He died in 1536, and was buried by the side of Raphael in the Pantheon.
Peruzzi was an eager student of mathematics and was also a
fair
  classical scholar. Like many of the
great
  artists of his time, he was remarkable for the varied extent of his knowledge and skill. A most able architect, a
fair
  painter, and a scientific engineer, he also practised
minor
  arts, such as stucco-
work
  in relief, sgraffito, and the decorative painted arabesques which the influence of Raphael did so much to bring into use. His best existing works in fresco are in the Castel di Belcaro and the church of Fontegiusta in Siena. For Siena Cathedral he also designed a magnificent wooden organ-case, painted and gilt, rich with carved arabesques in friezes and pilasters; he also designed the high altar and the Cappella del Battista.
His
chief
  pupil was the architect Serlio, who, in his
work
  on architecture, gratefully acknowledges the great debt he owed to Peruzzi's instruction. The English National Gallery possesses an interesting drawing by his hand. The subject is the " Adoration of the Magi," and it is of
special
  value, because the heads of the three kings are portraits of Michelangelo, Raphael, and Titian. The Uffizi and the library at Siena contain a number of Peruzzi's designs and drawings, many of which are now of priceless value, as they show ancient buildings which have been destroyed since the 16th century.
AmI1oRIT1ES.
Vasari
 , Vita di Baldassare Peruzzi (Milanesi's ed., 1882), iv. 489; Milizia, Memorie degli architetti (1781, i. 210215); Della Valle, Lettere senesi (17821786); Gaye, Carteggio inedito d' artisti (18391840); Lanzi, Storia pittorica (1804); and Platner, Beschreibung der Stadt Rom (18301842).


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