94 Painters in the Reign of Henry VII L 



Felibien mentions this painter and his 

 coming to England ^ * fpeaking of Ridol^ 

 phi, fils de Dominique Ghirlandaio, he fays, 

 " Chez luy il y avoit Toto del Nuntiato, 

 qui depuis fen alia en Angleterre, ou il 

 fit plufieurs ouvrages de peinture et d*archi- 

 tefture, avec lequel Perrin fit amitie, et a 

 Tenvie Tun de Tautre f'efforcoit a bien 

 faire." 



But Toto's works are all loft or unknown, 

 his fame with that of his aiTociates being 

 obfcured by the luftre of Holbein. 



Penne or Penn, mentioned above, is 

 called by Vafari, not Bartholemew, but 

 Luca Penni ; he was brother of Gia. Fran- 

 cefco Penni, a favorite and imitator of 

 Raphael. Luca, or Bartholomew (for it is 

 undoubtedly the fam.e perlbn) worked fome 

 time at Genoa and in other parts of Italy, 

 from whence he came inta England, and 

 painted feveral pieces for the king, and for 

 fome merchants heref. In a fmall room 



• Tom. ii. p. 158. 



f Vafari adds, that Luca Penni addicted himfelf lat- 

 terly to making defigns for Flemifh engravers. This 

 is the mark on his prints, Jg^ that is, Luca Penni Ro- 

 mano. 



^ called 



