BIB_ID
399232
Accession number
MA 2691.242
Creator
Este, Anna Beatrice d', Duchess of Mirandola, 1626-1690.
Display Date
1668 September 28.
Credit line
Gift of Mrs. Harold T. White, 1969.
Description
1 item (1 page) ; 27.5 x 20.5 cm
Notes
Address panel has been removed.
Piece of paper is attached on the vertical side with thread.
Embossed seal, some visible elements of a cardinal coat of arms; original paper seal with wax.
Watermark: partial.
Part of the White Collection of Italian Renaissance documents; see collection-level record for more information.
Piece of paper is attached on the vertical side with thread.
Embossed seal, some visible elements of a cardinal coat of arms; original paper seal with wax.
Watermark: partial.
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
Telling her recipient, a woman, that her recipient's uncle, Father Giuseppe, well discharged his role of preaching during Advent so that he earned everybody's approval, especially Alessandro II Pico's, Duke of Mirandola, by his model actions and brlliant talent and leaves an indelible memory of his ability; confirming her willigness to her respect towards her house as a response to her good wishes at Christmas and wishing her hapiness.
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