BIB_ID
399183
Accession number
MA 2691.193
Creator
Rinaldo d'Este, 1618-1672.
Display Date
1649 October 6.
Credit line
Gift of Mrs. Harold T. White, 1969.
Description
1 item (1 page) ; 29.5 x 21 cm
Notes
Docketed in ink on verso.
Address panel has been removed.
Addressed to Count Annibale di Montevecchio.
Recipient is inferred by the reference to Conte Camillo, indeed Annibale di Montevecchio's brother.
Embossed seal, coat of arms of the Este family, specifically Cardinal Rinaldo d'Este (1618-1672); original paper seal with wax.
Watermark: coat of arms containing an eagle.
Part of the White Collection of Italian Renaissance documents; see collection-level record for more information.
Address panel has been removed.
Addressed to Count Annibale di Montevecchio.
Recipient is inferred by the reference to Conte Camillo, indeed Annibale di Montevecchio's brother.
Embossed seal, coat of arms of the Este family, specifically Cardinal Rinaldo d'Este (1618-1672); original paper seal with wax.
Watermark: coat of arms containing an eagle.
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
Saying to Count Annibale di Montevecchio that, since he has been away from Modena for several days, he is answering late to his letter, which he received when he was going to Sassuolo with Duke Francesco I d'Este; also assuring his service and observance to him and to his brother's, Count Camillo di Montevecchio, wishes and adding that he relies on what he will hear from Count Francesco Ottonelli, who is aware of Cardinal Rinaldo d'Este's correspondence with Count Annibale di Montevecchio.
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