His legend has been fuelled by the image of the bearded sage, inspired by his self-portrait drawing, now in Turin, and by the biographies that begin with the work by Giorgio Vasari.

• 他那现存于都灵的自画像所创造的长髯飘飘的圣者形象和由乔尔乔·凡萨里开始的各种传记使得关于他的传说变得更加神奇。