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Autograph letter signed : Florence, to Giovanni Caccini, 1564 [i.e., 1565] Jan. 13.

BIB_ID
330465
Accession number
MA 2477.42
Creator
Vasari, Giorgio, 1511-1574.
Display Date
1564 [i.e., 1565] Jan. 13.
Credit line
Purchased, 1966.
Description
1 item (1 p., with address) ; 33 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 Palazzo Vecchio, with reference to the painting of the ceiling panels and walls [by Battista Naldini]; also concerning Michelangelo's tomb, with reference to soliciting the quarrying and dispatch of marble; also concerning the Palazzo dei Cavalieri, with reference to the coat-of-arms of the façade.