BIB_ID
286528
Accession number
MA 973.2
Creator
Cellini, Benvenuto, 1500-1571.
Display Date
1549 Dec. 16.
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: Lamb with standard in circle (Agnus Dei or Paschal lamb).
Perseus and Medusa is held at the Loggia dei Lanzi in Florence.
Signed "Benvenuto Cellini" at top left corner of p. 1.
Watermark: Lamb with standard in circle (Agnus Dei or Paschal lamb).
Summary
Relating to the casting of Perseus and Medusa. On second page, notes in another hand are signed Jacopo Guich (?) and dated 16 December 1549.
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