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Autograph letter signed : Florence, to Giovanni Caccini, 1563 [i.e., 1564] Mar. 4.

BIB_ID
330439
Accession number
MA 2477.31
Creator
Vasari, Giorgio, 1511-1574.
Display Date
1563 [i.e., 1564] Mar. 4.
Credit line
Purchased, 1966.
Description
1 item (1 p., with address) ; 29.8 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.
The cabinets in the Wardrobe (or Hall of Geographical Maps, i.e., Stanza del Guardaroba) of Palazzo Vecchio were decorated with 53 maps by Iganzio Danti.
Provenance
Piero Ginori Conti collection; purchased from Carlo Chiesa in 1966.
Summary
Concerning Palazzo Vecchio, with reference to the planning of the Wardrobe with the drawings of Ignazio Danti.