Andrea, one of the greatest painters of the Roman school, was born near Rome about 1600, and studied under Albani. He pursued his art with the most careful assiduity. The works of Raphael were the subject of his constant contemplations. His own ideas were allowed to lie long and ripen in his imagination. "It was better," he said, "to produce a few masterpieces than a great many mediocre pictures." And when he took up the brush, he painted like one who brought all his powers into play. His composition was simple and natural; his figures were easy and dignified; and his colouring was sober and harmonious. The result of this thorough system of study was, that Sacchi, at his death in 1661, left behind him several pictures of first-rate excellence. They still call forth the admiration of visitors at Rome. "St Romualdo surrounded by his Monks," in the museum of the Vatican, is reckoned one of the four best paintings in the city. The pictures from the life of the Baptist in St John Lateran, the "Death of St Anna" in S. Carlo di Catinari, a "Crucifixion" in S. Maria sopra Minerva, "St Gregory the Great," in the Vatican museum, and the "Intoxication of Noah," in Palazzo Sciarra, are also very beautiful. (See Lanzi's History of Painting, &c.)