called Del Piombo, from an office in the lead mines given him by Pope Clement VII. was an eminent Venetian painter, born in 1485. He was first a disciple of old Giovanni Bellino; continued his studies under Giorgione; and having attained an excellent manner of colouring, went to Rome, where he insinuated himself into the favour of Michael Angelio. He has the name of being the first who invented the art of preparing plaster-walls for oil-painting; but was so slow and lazy in his work, that other hands were often employed to finish what he began. He died in 1547.