Illustrated catalogue of the exceedingly rare and valuable art treasures and antiquities formerly contained in the famous Davanzati Palace, Florence, Italy . linth of which is inscribedin Latin as follows: optimus . G. (;. merca . dignus . ovem . CERNIS . DENIQUE . LAUDE FUIT . OMNIUM . 1 ( . TALI .FLORENTINE . ALIUMNO . POSSE . llIAS . UNQUAM . TE . reperire . , a eulogy, namely, of the patriot whoselike, it says, Florence shall never see again. Note: In addition to its artistic value, the historical interest of thislife-like bust is very great. Pier Capponi, a> the Florentines
Illustrated catalogue of the exceedingly rare and valuable art treasures and antiquities formerly contained in the famous Davanzati Palace, Florence, Italy . linth of which is inscribedin Latin as follows: optimus . G. (;. merca . dignus . ovem . CERNIS . DENIQUE . LAUDE FUIT . OMNIUM . 1 ( . TALI .FLORENTINE . ALIUMNO . POSSE . llIAS . UNQUAM . TE . reperire . , a eulogy, namely, of the patriot whoselike, it says, Florence shall never see again. Note: In addition to its artistic value, the historical interest of thislife-like bust is very great. Pier Capponi, a> the Florentines railed him,by his sturdv honesty and fearlessness delivered his city from the tyrannyof Piero de Medici. Ills blunt, It is time to end this !>al>\ government,was the only weapon needed to depose Piero and drive him from the famous, however, is his reprj to Charles \III when, in 1 !?!••>, theFrench King threatened to sound his trumpets unless the exorbitantsum he exacted from the city were paid. Then we will ring our Capponi, and the French King yielded and left Florence. Height, 4Ji:!s inches; width, 28% No. 699. Fifteenth Century Florentine Polychrome Terra-cottaBust of Piero de Gino Capponi
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