Искусства и ремесла Средневековья

304 Arts and C1·afts ш tЬе l\1iddle Ages

Benedetto da Maiano, one of the " шost soleшn " workeгs in inta1·sia in Flогепсе, Ьесаше disgusted ,vitl1 his агt afteг one t1·ying expeгience, авd еvег afteг tшпеd his attention to othe1· caгviпg. Vasari's veгsion of tЬе affai1· is as follo\vs. Benedetto lшd been makiпg two beautifнl chests, all inlaid most elaboгately, and ca1тied them to the Сошt of Hнngary, to exhiЬit tl1e woгkшaп­ ship. ",v11еп he had made obeisance to the kiпg, and had Ьееп kindly гeceived, he broнght fo1·wai·d his cases and Ьаd them unpacked ... but it \vas theп he dis­ coYered that the humidity of the sea voyage had softened the glнe to sucl1 an extent that when the ,vaxed clotl1s in wl1ich the coffeгs had been ,vrapped were opened, almost all the pieces ,vеге found sticking to theш, and so fell to tl1e gгound ! ,vhetheг Benedetto stood aшazed апd confoнnded at such ап event, in the pгesence of so many поЫеs, let every one judge for himself." А famous family of wood inlayeгs wеге the del Tasso, who came f1·om S. Gervasio. One of the brothers, Giambattista, was а ,vag, апd is said to have ,vasted шucl1 tiшe iв amuseшent and staпdiпg аЬонt cгiticizing the metlюds of others. Не ,vas а friend of Cellini, апd all his cronies pronounce him to lшve Ьееn а good feBo,v. On one occasion he lшd а good dose of tЬе spirit of cгiti­ cisш, himself, fгom а visiting abbot, ,vho stopped to see the l\fediceaп tomb, ,vheгe Tasso happened to Ье ,voгking. Tasso ,vas rcqнested to s110,v the stгацgег about, which he did. The abbot began Ьу dep1·eciatiпg the beauty of tl1e 1юilding, гema1·king tliat Michelaпgelo's