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CH. xvi] LIFE OF BENVENUTO CELLINI 309
pagolo, the Roman above-mentioned, as to the way in
which he was to apply the dies; but since the operation
was a very difficult one, he never succeeded too welh I
remained a creditor of the Mint for labour and tools to
the amount of more than seventy
SOLATIA . LUCTUS . EXIGUA . INGENTIS. Although GlULIANELLI
(A&wcrA 7W3%??W3', Livorno, Fantechi, 1753,
p. 133) attributes this medal to Francesco da Prato, whilst other
authorities give it to Domenico di Polo (called "of theFz^Tz^AfawF'),
PLON inclines to allot the authorship to CELLINI and gives a repro-
duction of it from a bronze example in the British Museum <rA.
PI. LXI, n. 1, and p. 326 <? It is possible that Benvenuto
may have executed it to the order of Margaret of Austria, and that
the motto alludes to her husband's untimely fate.
pagolo, the Roman above-mentioned, as to the way in
which he was to apply the dies; but since the operation
was a very difficult one, he never succeeded too welh I
remained a creditor of the Mint for labour and tools to
the amount of more than seventy
SOLATIA . LUCTUS . EXIGUA . INGENTIS. Although GlULIANELLI
(A&wcrA 7W3%??W3', Livorno, Fantechi, 1753,
p. 133) attributes this medal to Francesco da Prato, whilst other
authorities give it to Domenico di Polo (called "of theFz^Tz^AfawF'),
PLON inclines to allot the authorship to CELLINI and gives a repro-
duction of it from a bronze example in the British Museum <rA.
PI. LXI, n. 1, and p. 326 <? It is possible that Benvenuto
may have executed it to the order of Margaret of Austria, and that
the motto alludes to her husband's untimely fate.