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Rh Our Lady between those of two Prophets. On the façade of Signor Bernardo Scacalarozzo likewise, this artist painted four colossal figures in imitation of bronze, which are tolerably well done. There are, besides, other works by his hand in Milan, all of which have procured him considerable praise, seeing that he appeared in that city as the first light of a good manner in painting, and was the cause of Bramante’s having become so excellent as he did in architecture, the first things studied by Bramante having been the designs of Bramantino. It was after his design moreover, that the church of San Satiro was erected, and that church pleases me exceedingly, seeing that it is a very beautiful production, richly adorned with decorations of columns, double corridors, and other ornaments, both within and without, to say nothing of the most beautiful sacristy, where there is a large number of statues.

But that which is here most of all worthy of praise, is the central tribune, the beauty of which caused Bernardino da Trevio, as we have already related in the Life of Bramante,