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Rh enjoy the benefits of so honourable a labour, may be made known to all the world.

But to return to the men of our Academy. I add somewhat concerning the sculptor, Antonio di Gini Lorenzi, of Settignano, although he has already been mentioned in the Life of Tribolo. Here then, as in its due place, I proceed to say that this artist, under the direction of his master Tribolo, completed the Statue of Esculapius, which is at Castello, with four boys on the principal fountain of that place. He has also lately executed certain ornaments round the new fishpond of Castello, which is at the upper part of the grounds, and in the midst of various trees, all evergreens; and in the beautiful gardens at the stables near San Marco, he has just completed most exquisite decorations, formed of marine animals, in white and vari-coloured marble, for a Fountain standing entirely apart. At Pisa this Antonio constructed the Tomb of the renowned philosopher and eminent physician, Gorte, executing the statue of the same, with two beautiful boys in marble for that monument. He is now, by command of the Duke, preparing birds and animals in vari-coloured marbles for the ornaments of fountains, all works of much difficulty, and which render Antonio Lorenzi well worthy to be accounted among the other Academicians.

A brother of this Antonio, called Stoldo di Gino Lorenzi, and now thirty years old, has also executed works in sculpture, which give him the right to be considered among the first young artists of his profession. At Pisa he has executed a Madonna with the Angel of the Annunciation, which has made him advantageously known as a young man of good genius and fair judgment. From Luca Martini he "eceived the commission for a statue which was presented by the Duchess Leonora to the Signor Don Garcia her brother, who has placed it in his Garden on the Ghiaja at Naples. The same artist has made an Escutcheon of the Signor Duke’s Arms at Pisa, under the direction of Giorgio Vasari; this is placed over the principal gate in the centre of the façade of the palace belonging to the Knights of San Stefano in Pisa, of which Order the Duke is Grand Master. The shield, which is very large, is in marble, and the supporters are figures of Religion and Justice, both exceedingly beautiful, and justly extolled by all who understand the subject. Stoldo Lorenzi has also constructed a fountain by com-