HORATIO**, an Italian painter, born at Pisa in 1563. After having made himself famous at Florence, Rome, Genoa, and in other parts of Italy, he removed to Savoy, from thence to France; and at last, on the invitation of Charles I., came over to England. He was appointed lodgings at court, with a considerable salary, and employed to decorate the palace at Greenwich and other public places. His best performances in England were the ceilings of Greenwich and York House. He also executed a Madonna, a Magdalen, and Lot with his two daughters, for the king. His attempts in portrait were feeble, his talent lying altogether in the historical style, with figures the size of life. After twelve years' residence in England, he died at the age of eighty-four, and was buried in the Queen's Chapel at Somerset House.