BIB_ID
398455
Accession number
MA 2691.55
Creator
Cosimo I, Grand-Duke of Tuscany, 1519-1574.
Display Date
1554 May 7.
Credit line
Gift of Mrs. Harold T. White, 1969.
Description
1 item (1 page, with address) ; 29.3 x 22 cm
Notes
Recipient inferred from a loose original paper seal.
Addressed to Giulio da Montevecchio in Colle di Val d'Elsa.
Residual wax.
Watermark: Lamb with standard in circle (Agnus Dei or Paschal lamb), (Briquet, 50).
Part of the White Collection of Italian Renaissance documents; see collection-level record for more information.
Addressed to Giulio da Montevecchio in Colle di Val d'Elsa.
Residual wax.
Watermark: Lamb with standard in circle (Agnus Dei or Paschal lamb), (Briquet, 50).
Part of the White Collection of Italian Renaissance documents; see collection-level record for more information.
Provenance
Gift of Mrs. Harold T. White, 1969.
Summary
Thanking Giulio da Montevecchio for his detailed report of the 5th about his reconnaissance in the territory of Colle Val d'Elsa; advising him to solve any problem with the Marcherse di Marignano; also asking him to gather more information about the stairs of the commissionar's cellar; recommending him to take care of the matter with his usual discretion so to clarify it entirely.
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