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JACOPO VIGNOLA. 123<br />

own apartments. Vasari takes to himself <strong>the</strong> credit <strong>of</strong> having<br />

determined Pius V. not to allow <strong>the</strong> smallest deviation <strong>from</strong><br />

<strong>the</strong> plans <strong>of</strong> Michelangelo. Jacopo Vignola^ was appointed<br />

architect in chief <strong>of</strong> St. Peter's, at first by himself, and later<br />

with his son, Giacinto.-<br />

It was Jacopo Vignola who, in 1568 by <strong>the</strong> order <strong>of</strong> Cardinal<br />

Farnese, began <strong>the</strong> building <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> magnificent church <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />

Jesuits, <strong>the</strong> Gesu, which was to attain to such importance,<br />

both <strong>from</strong> <strong>the</strong> artistic and <strong>the</strong> religious point <strong>of</strong> view.^<br />

An especially beautiful trait <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> character <strong>of</strong> Pius V. was<br />

his gratitude to all those who had ever conferred any favour<br />

on him. To this feehng <strong>of</strong> piety were due <strong>the</strong> monuments,<br />

so remarkable for <strong>the</strong>ir rich decoration in coloured marbles,<br />

which he erected to Paul IV. in S. Maria sopra Minerva, to<br />

Cardinal Alfonso Carafa in <strong>the</strong> Ca<strong>the</strong>dral <strong>of</strong> Naples, and to<br />

Cardinal Ridolfo Pio di Carpi at <strong>the</strong> Trinity dei Monti.* For<br />

1 C/. D. Frey, Michelangelo-Studien, Vienna, 1920, iii seq.<br />

* See Frey in Jahrbuch der Preuss. Kunstsaniml., XXXVII.,<br />

Beiheft, p. 50 seq. <strong>The</strong> " Deputati della fabrica di S. Pietro," who<br />

confirmed <strong>the</strong> mandate published by Frey, loc. cit. were : " Fr. Ar.<br />

Senensis, P. Narniensis, Alex. Casalis and Alex. Riarius." From<br />

a Bando concerning " beni alienati " <strong>of</strong> June 15, 1571, bound up<br />

with <strong>the</strong> Privilegia, auct., facult., indulgentiae fabricae princ.<br />

apost. S. Petri de Urbe, Rome, 1559, Barberini Library (now<br />

at <strong>the</strong> Vatican), stamp. TTT, II., 16, it appears that <strong>the</strong> deputies<br />

" A. Riarius, F. archiepisc. Senen., A. Casalius,<br />

at <strong>the</strong> time were :<br />

Dom. Pinellus." It is <strong>the</strong>refore incorrect to describe, as does<br />

Frey, Fr. Ar. as Arberinus ; we must read Fr[anc.] Ar'ichiep.]<br />

Senensis, that is Bandini, who was Archbishop <strong>of</strong> Siena <strong>from</strong><br />

T529 to 1588.<br />

* See in App. n. 49 <strong>the</strong> *Avvisi di Roma <strong>of</strong> May 29 and June 3,<br />

1568, State Archives, Vienna. In 1567 <strong>the</strong>re arose near <strong>the</strong><br />

Torre delle MiHzie <strong>the</strong> church and convent <strong>of</strong> S. Caterina da Siena,<br />

in 1568 on <strong>the</strong> road leading to S. Paolo <strong>the</strong> chapel <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> " Divisione<br />

degU ApostoU," and in <strong>the</strong> years 1 566-1 569 <strong>the</strong> fa9ade <strong>of</strong> S. Maria<br />

deirOrto ;<br />

see L'Arte. 1913.<br />

* See Catena, 54 seq. ; Bertolotti, Art. Lomb., I., too, 102<br />

seq. : Forcella III., 125 ; Ancel, Disgrace, 178, n, 2. For <strong>the</strong><br />

tomb <strong>of</strong> Paul IV., see also Vol. XIV. <strong>of</strong> this work, p. 416. Pay-

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