GARDENERS MENTIONED 
as durable as that of the Romans. His stucco-work in the Villa Ma- 
dama and in the loggias of the Vatican is famous, and part of the deco- 
ration of the Borgia rooms in the Vatican is his work. Michel- 
angelo’s chapel of the Medici in Florence was painted and decorated 
in stucco by Udine, and he carried out, in painting, some of Ra- 
phael’s designs for the great hall of the Farnesina. The Palazzo 
Grimani in Venice and the Palazzo Massimi alle Colonne in Rome 
were partly decorated by him. 
VAGA (PIERIN DEL) 
1500-1547 
Del Vaga, whose real name was Pietro Buonaccorsi, was born near 
Florence. He was a pupil of Raphael’s, and after the latter’s death 
was employed in finishing a part of his work in the Vatican. Almost 
all del Vaga’s work was done in Genoa, where he painted the state 
apartments in the Villa Doria. The charming plaster decorations 
in the Palazzo Pallavicini (now Cataldi) are by him, and also the 
Hercules cycle in the Palazzo Odero (now Mari). 
VASANZIO (GIOVANNI) 
B. , d. 1622 
Vasanzio, known also as II Fiammingo, but whose real name was John 
of Xanten, was a Flemish architect who came to Italy and had con- 
siderable success in Rome. He built the Villa Borghese in Rome 
and designed the fountains of the inner court of the Villa Pia. He 
also worked on the Villa Mondragone at Frascati and succeeded Fla- 
minio Ponzio as architect of the Palazzo Rospigliosi in Rome. 
VASARI (GIORGIO) 
I5II-I574 
Vasari, who was born at Arezzo, was a pupil of Michelangelo and 
Andrea del Sarto. Though he considered himself a better painter 
than architect, it is chiefly as the latter that he interests the modern 
student. He built the court of the Uffizi in Florence and planned the 
Villa di Papa Giulio in Rome ; painted the ceiling of the great hall of 
the Palazzo Vecchio in Florence, and carved the figure of Architecture 
on the tomb of Michelangelo in Santa Croce. He is, however, chiefly 
famous for his lives of the Italian painters and architects. 
