BADILE, ANTONIO, hiftory and portrait painter, was born at Verona in 1480, and by great fudy and application acquired a more extenfive knowledge of the true principles of painting than any of his predeceffors. He was confeffedly a moft eminent artift; but he derived greater honour from having two fuch difciples as Paolo Veronefe and Baptifta Zelotti, than he did even from the excellence of his own compofitions. He died in 1560. His colouring was admirably good; his carnations beautiful; and his portraits preferred the perfect refemblance of flefh and real life: nor had he any caufe to envy the acknowledged merit.
merit of Titian, Giorgione, or the best of his contemporaries.