Painters in the Reign of^een Elizaheth. 1243 



not in fafhion, and he was ofFended at Out* 

 religion. He returned to Italy, and finilh* 

 ed the dome at Florence begun by Vafari* 

 The Pope's anger too being vanilhed^ he 

 was readmitted to his old employment at 

 Rome, where he built a houfe for himfelf 

 on the Monte di Trinita, adoi\>ned with four 

 portals, and painted on the outfide in frefco 

 by his own hand. On the acceflion of 

 Sixtus V. Zucchero was invited to Spain 

 by Philip II. to paint the Efcurial, but his 

 frefcos not pleafmg, he returned to Rome, 

 and founded the academy of painting, for 

 which Gregory XIII. had given him a brief^ 

 and of which he was eleded the firft prince* 

 Thefe expences however drained him {o 

 much, that he again quitted Rome, and 

 went to Venice "^ to print fome treatifes 

 that he had written on painting ^ and fome 

 poems too, for Zucchero was a poet like 

 others of his profeinon. From Venice he 

 pafTed into Savoy, v/here he was favorably- 

 received by the duke for whom he began 

 to paint a gallery. Returning, he vifited 



X There he was competitor with Tintoret for paint- 

 ing the chapel of St. Roch. Catal. raifonne des tableaux 

 du Roi. vol, ii. p. 70. 



Qji Loreto, 



