BIB_ID
125742
Accession number
MA 23379.1-6
Creator
Dudley, Robert, Sir, 1574-1649.
Credit line
Purchased, 1950.
Description
6 items (6 pages) ; various sizes
Notes
Dudley gives the place of writing as "Villa," most likely referring to Villa di Castello, the Medici family residence outside of Florence.
Balli Cioli was secretary of state to the Grand Duke of Tuscany, Ferdinando II.
Additional information available in the Collection File.
Formerly accessioned as MA 1346 No. 208-13.
Balli Cioli was secretary of state to the Grand Duke of Tuscany, Ferdinando II.
Additional information available in the Collection File.
Formerly accessioned as MA 1346 No. 208-13.
Provenance
Purchased from The Rosenbach Company, 1950; from the Fairfax Murray Collection of European Autographs, formerly owned by Alfred Morrison and sold at auction by Sotheby's, London on December 11, 1917, lot 174.
Summary
Largely concerning difficulties with the writer's son, "Don Carlo," who had stolen from and plotted against his father; one letter recommends William Austin, an English merchant in trouble with Spanish authorities. Items in the collection have separate catalog records; see related records for more information.
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