BIB_ID
398701
Accession number
MA 2691.130
Creator
Della Rovere, Francesco Maria, duca d'Urbino, 1548-1631.
Display Date
1620 May 7.
Credit line
Gift of Mrs. Harold T. White, 1969.
Description
1 item (1 page) ; 25.7 x 20.6 cm
Notes
Docketed in ink on verso.
Address panel has been removed; the seal has been partially removed; the name of the recipient is indicated in the docket of the letter ("Col. Fed.o").
Embossed seal, coat of arms of Francesco Maria II della Rovere; original paper seal with wax.
Watermark: bird over mounts inscribed in a circle with a G on top (Briquet, 12250).
Part of the White Collection of Italian Renaissance documents; see collection-level record for more information.
Address panel has been removed; the seal has been partially removed; the name of the recipient is indicated in the docket of the letter ("Col. Fed.o").
Embossed seal, coat of arms of Francesco Maria II della Rovere; original paper seal with wax.
Watermark: bird over mounts inscribed in a circle with a G on top (Briquet, 12250).
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
Talking about a demand he made in Rome, about which he is waiting for an answer, and saying that he cannot do more about his recipient's son, Count Francesco Maria's, request; also stating that he is pleased to learn about his recovery as he knows from his own experience about infirmities caused by old age.
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