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Autograph letter signed : Florence, to Giovanni Caccini, 1562 Oct. 3.

BIB_ID
330412
Accession number
MA 2477.20
Creator
Vasari, Giorgio, 1511-1574.
Display Date
1562 Oct. 3.
Credit line
Purchased, 1966.
Description
1 item (1 p., with address) ; 29.7 cm
Notes
Address panel with seal and addressed to Caccini in Pisa.
Docketed.
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.
Provenance
Piero Ginori Conti collection; purchased from Carlo Chiesa in 1966.
Summary
Concerning the Church of Santo Stefano, Pisa, with reference to the space measurements on which the church was to be built; also referencing his Le Vite de' più eccellenti pittori, scultori, ed architettori (Lives of the Most Eminent Painters, Sculptors, and Architects), asking the name of the architect of the Pisa bell-tower and Camposanto, and requesting verification as to whom it is attributable.