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VERROCCHIO

part with the Dove added later. From the collection of
S. Maria Nuova. Removed 1901 to the Uffizi, and 1903
to the Bargello.
[Sala d’Armi] Helmet with Crest of Dragon.(?)
Wrought iron.
S. Lorenzo. Slab Tomb of Cosimo il Vecchio.
Finished before 1467. Inscribed at the head: cosmvs
MEDICES HIC SITVS EST DECRETO PVBLICO PATER PATRIAE
At the foot: vixit annos lxxv. menses hi. dies xx.
The present inscription dates from 1532, the original
having been destroyed by order of the Signoria in 1495.
Damaged in the riots of 1527. Restored 1532.
[Sacristy.] Tomb of Piero and Giovanni dei Medici.
Bronze and porphyry. Inscribed on the side facing the
Chapel of the Madonna : petro et iohanni de medicis
cosmi pp. ff. On the side towards the Sacristy: pet.
VIX. AN. LIU. M.V.D. XV. IOHAN. AN. XLII. M. III. D. XXVIII.
And round the base : lavrentivs et iyl. petri ff.
posver PATRI patrvoqve mcccclxxil
[Chapel of Madonna—above Tomb.] Shield with
Stemma of Medici.
[Inner Sacristy.] Lavabo. Marble. Executed for
Piero dei Medici.
Museo dell’ Opera del Duomo. Decollation of
Baptist. Silver relief on right side of the silver altar.
Finished 1480.
Or S. Michele. Christ and S. Thomas. Bronze.
Finished 1483.
Palazzo Vecchio [Cortile], Putto with Dolphin.
Bronze. And Three Lions’ Heads. Marble. From a
fountain executed for the Medici Villa, Careggi. Re-
moved to the Palazzo Vecchio between 1550 and 1568.
Basin and Pedestal by Tadda.
[Landing outside Sala del Giglio] Pedestal. Por-