I can do no better than conclude this scanty history with the character of the man, as it is told us by Vasari: "Luca was a person of excellent habits, sincere and affectionate with his friends, sweet and agreeable in his converse with everyone, specially courteous to those who had need of his help, and kindly in his instructions to his pupils. He lived most splendidly, and delighted in dressing well. For the which good qualities he was always, in his own country and elsewhere, held in the highest veneration."[31]
FOOTNOTES:
[1] The "Madonna" (No. 281), and "The Flagellation" (No. 262), Brera, Milan.
[2] It was the fame of Lazzaro's son Giorgio as an imitator of antique vases that won for the family the name Vasari.
[3] Vasari, ii. 553.
[4] Vasari, ii. 554.
[5] Vasari, ii. 553. Editor's Notes.
[6] Vasari, iii. 683 and 684.
[7] Vasari, iii. 295.
[8] Muzi, "Memorie," p. 48; and Giacomo Mancini, "Istruzioni," ii. 66 and 67.