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CHAPTER XVI
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From Florence Cellini, in company with the sculptor Tribolo, pro-
ceeds to Venice.—At Ferrara he has an encounter with the
Florentine exiles and answers their insults with his sword.—On
the way to Venice he is again molested by a Florentine named
Magalotti, and defends himself from his attacks.—At Venice he
visits the sculptor Sansovino.—On the way back to Florence he
has an altercation with an inn-keeper, and takes somewhat too
ample a revenge.—Arriving in Florence he fashions coins and
other works of art for Duke Alessandro de' Medici.—Receives
annoyance from Ottaviano de' Medici.—Recalled by the Pope,
Cellini returns to Rome against the will of the Duke, for whom,
however, he promises to make a medal, bearing on its reverse a
device invented by Lorenzino de' Medici.
T ARRIVED in Florence, and I had an audience with the
JL Duke Lessandro, who gave me a wonderful reception
and sought that I should remain with him. And because
there was in Florence a certain sculptor called Tribolino/
Niccold di Raffaello, a Florentine sculptor and architect.
According to some authorities he sprang from the family of yz'zzc^z'zzz,
according to others of /VzicAz. VARCHi (r^5. <rz7.) frequently alludes
to the Florentine custom of afSxing nicknames, and it would appear
that the nickname of Tkz^A was applied to this artist at so early
an age, and clung to him so hrmly, that any other name that he
may have had became lost. We learn from VASARI that it arose
" because he was always teasing and worrying himself and others "
RA? y^/zz^z^ A^y^/zaz/zz z? /zzAz/ava <? _g-/z a/z*z*z). In any case
the nickname became so well established an appellation that
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From Florence Cellini, in company with the sculptor Tribolo, pro-
ceeds to Venice.—At Ferrara he has an encounter with the
Florentine exiles and answers their insults with his sword.—On
the way to Venice he is again molested by a Florentine named
Magalotti, and defends himself from his attacks.—At Venice he
visits the sculptor Sansovino.—On the way back to Florence he
has an altercation with an inn-keeper, and takes somewhat too
ample a revenge.—Arriving in Florence he fashions coins and
other works of art for Duke Alessandro de' Medici.—Receives
annoyance from Ottaviano de' Medici.—Recalled by the Pope,
Cellini returns to Rome against the will of the Duke, for whom,
however, he promises to make a medal, bearing on its reverse a
device invented by Lorenzino de' Medici.
T ARRIVED in Florence, and I had an audience with the
JL Duke Lessandro, who gave me a wonderful reception
and sought that I should remain with him. And because
there was in Florence a certain sculptor called Tribolino/
Niccold di Raffaello, a Florentine sculptor and architect.
According to some authorities he sprang from the family of yz'zzc^z'zzz,
according to others of /VzicAz. VARCHi (r^5. <rz7.) frequently alludes
to the Florentine custom of afSxing nicknames, and it would appear
that the nickname of Tkz^A was applied to this artist at so early
an age, and clung to him so hrmly, that any other name that he
may have had became lost. We learn from VASARI that it arose
" because he was always teasing and worrying himself and others "
RA? y^/zz^z^ A^y^/zaz/zz z? /zzAz/ava <? _g-/z a/z*z*z). In any case
the nickname became so well established an appellation that
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