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died 1554 at Fontainebleau). The professional heir of Baldassarre 

 Peruzzi, he had spent much time in measuring ancient buildings and 

 had begun the publication of a general treatise on architecture. On 

 Primaticcio's recommendation Francis appointed him "painter and 

 architect in ordinary in the matter of edifices at F[ontainebleau] where 

 the said lord retained him to that end." His stipend was 400 1. with 

 travelling allowances and residences in Paris and Fontainebleau. In 

 appearance he was to succeed Rosso as general architect over the 

 builders, but Francis may have merely intended Serlio's appointment as 

 a means of facilitating the studies and literary work of the most dis- 

 tinguished writer on architecture of the day. Be this as it may, 

 Primaticcio remained in charge of the decorative works, and the 

 Frenchmen probably saw to it that Serlio should have no say in 

 building matters. The result was, as Serlio himself bitterly complains, 



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122. FONTAINEBLEAU: GROTTO OF THE PINES. 



From a Drawing by P. Hepworth, 



