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Rh not only a good sculptor, but an able goldsmith; and that by him were partly executed the twelve apostles in silver which stood, before the sack of Rome, on the altar of the Papal chapel. On these figures Niccolo della Guardia and Pietro Paolo da Todi also worked; these artists were both disciples of Paolo Romano, and afterwards good masters in sculpture, as may be seen by the tombs of Pope Pius II. and Pope Pius III., on which are the portraits of the two pontiffs taken from nature. There are also medals of three of the Caesars, with others of other high personages, by the same artists.

Paolo Romano likewise executed a statue of an armed man on horseback, which formerly stood in San Pietro, near the chapel of Sant’Andrea, but is now thrown down. One of Paolo Romano’s disciples was the Roman Gian Cristoforo, who was an able sculptor; works from his hand may be seen in Santa Maria Trastevere, and other places.

Chimenti Camicia, of whose origin nothing more is known than that he was a Florentine, attached himself to the service of the king of Hungary, for whom he erected palaces, laid out gardens, made fountains, constructed churches, built fortresses, and executed other buildings of importance, with decorations of carving in wood and stone, sculpture, and similar ornaments, which were added with much care by Baccio Cellini.nota After the completion of these various works, Chimenti Camicia, moved by love for his native land, t Bottari tells us that nothing was known of this statue when he wrote (1759), nor are we better informed at the present time.