BIB_ID
286526
Accession number
MA 973.1
Creator
Cellini, Benvenuto, 1500-1571.
Display Date
after 1549 Sept. 15.
Credit line
Purchased by J.P. Morgan, Jr., 1920.
Description
1 item (2 p.) ; 29.4 cm
Notes
Part of a collection of two autograph documents from Benvenuto Cellini to Pier Francesco Ricci. Items in this collection are described in individual records.
Perseus and Medusa is held at the Loggia dei Lanzi in Florence.
Signed "Benvenuto Cellini" at top left corner of p. 1.
Watermark: pear with two leaves.
Perseus and Medusa is held at the Loggia dei Lanzi in Florence.
Signed "Benvenuto Cellini" at top left corner of p. 1.
Watermark: pear with two leaves.
Summary
Account of expenditures relating to the casting of Perseus and Medusa. First item is dated 15 September 1549.
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