MUZIA.NO, GIROLASIO, 1528-00; b. Aquafredda, near Brescia, Italy; hence his title, Bressano, or Brescianino. His first instructor was the painter Girobuno Romania°. lie afterwards studied at Venice and Rome, and devoted himself to the painting of landscapes. }l is earliest important painting, " The Resurrection of Lazarus," attracted the attention of Michael Angelo, who was so struck by its bold and accurate design that he took Muziano under his protection and secured for him a large number of commissions. Muziano made a study of mosaics, and vastly improved that branch of art. He founded and richly endowed the famous academy of St. Luke. The most of his pictures are in the churches and palaces of Rome, where he spent the larger part of his life. Among them maybe mentioned: "St. Jerome," and a "Descent from the Cross" (Borghese palace); "St. Jerome " (Do ria palace); " St. Francis " (Mattel palace); " Resurrection of (Vati
can); " St. Matthew and St. Paul" (Ara Coeli); " Annunciation" (St. Utban's); "Nativity of Jesus (Madonna de' " St. Nicholas "(St. Louis-des-Francais); "Cristo Marto" (Santa Cattarina); "Jesus Christ giving the Keys to St. Peter," and a "Flagel lation " (in the sacristy of St. Peter's). His frescos are to be seen in the Vatican, at Foligno, etc. The galleries of Bologna. Dresden, Reims, and the Louvre possess speci mens of Mitziano's work. His designs in India ink are highly prized. He is distin guished for his excellence in design and coloring; for the nobility of his conceptions, and the characteristic expression of his faces. His frescos are sometimes rather sharp and hard in outline and color. Died in Rome, honored as one of the greatest painters in the school of Michael Angelo.