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Autograph letter signed : Florence, to Giovanni Caccini, 1561 [i.e., 1562] Feb. 20.

BIB_ID
330378
Accession number
MA 2477.3
Creator
Vasari, Giorgio, 1511-1574.
Display Date
1561 [i.e., 1562] Feb. 20.
Credit line
Purchased, 1966.
Description
1 item (1 p., with address) ; 29.7 cm
Notes
Address panel with evidence of a seal and addressed to Caccini in Pisa.
Docketed.
N.B. "The project [of modernizing Palazzo Caccini] was carried out by Maiano and Francesco da Corbignano, who worked under the direct supervision of the Aretine."--cf. Collection files.
Part of a collection of letters from Giorgio Vasari primarily to Giovanni Caccini, Ducal Administrator in Pisa. Letters in the collection have been described separately in individual catalog records; see related collection-level record for more information.
Inscriptions/Markings
Watermark: Bell with small crown above.
Provenance
Piero Ginori Conti collection; purchased from Carlo Chiesa in 1966.
Summary
Concerning the Palazzo dei Cavalieri, with reference to its model; also giving information about the re-modernizing of Caccini's Palazzo Caccini in Borgo Pinti, Florence.