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42 LIFE OF BENVENUTO CELLINI [me. i
but that if he roused me I would give him heavier kicks
than an ass. Fie reported this to the Cardinal and de-
picted (my conduct as worthy of) a Hell. Two days
later, I was behind the palace shooting into a very
high-up nook at a wild pigeon which was brooding
in that nook; and I had many times seen firing at
that same pigeon a goldsmith, who was called Giovan-
fran"° della Tacca/ a Milanese, and he had never hit
it. This (particular) day that I was shooting, the
pigeon was just showing its head, being suspicious on
account of the other times upon which it had been fired
at; and since this Giovanfran°° and I were rivals in the
matter of shooting with fowling-pieces, whilst certain
noblemen and friends of mine were in my shop, they
pointed it (the pigeon) out to me, saying: "Look up
there at Giovanfrancesco della Tacca's pigeon, at which
he has fired so many times; now, see how the poor creature
remains on the watch so that it scarcely shows its head."
^ This Giovan Francesco della Tacca may have been a relative—
perhaps even a brother—of the Giovampietro della Tacca, men-
tioned in Chap. IV, Vol. I, p. 73, n. 1. GUASTi believes the following
record extractedbyBERTOLOTTl from the ^^zb^<7ZddZ^7zZ4z'z (^4^/.
J<?77z^. czY. Vol. I, p. 203) refers to this goldsmith : -Sb/f^zy 77zzzg*°. yb.
Z*7*ZZ7ZC° AZ?ZzbZ!:7Z^7Z. %ZZ7*Z/Lz Z7Z ZZ?*&, ZZZCZZZ*. C<77Z/ZZ77Z ZZZZTV <Z?
zZ?_/zzJ. V CW7Z^7^Z777Z 37Z7V ^ ZZZ^gWZ/zb/ %/zb7VZ77Z 7Z^jy<27*zb?'ZZ77Z,^717
;77Z.SV Z7Zyb.S'Zb ZZZZ/ZVz'zbZzb F. Zh yV.y<WAZ77Z^yWz77A7y5. ^*77ZZ7. Zb V. 77Z<97V
JV/zZ? &7Z<?Zzb^7zZ<7 ^ ZAtZ^ZzZb.—Z?ZiZz777Z Zb77Z^, <?Z\, Zzb JTZV z7CZb.
1330. According to this theory Giovan Francesco would also bear
the surname of 4F Zb7y5<27zzb, but GNOLI FZ77V ydzvb,
1891, p. 240 z? -svjT*.) puts forward another proposition; namely,
that this Giovan Francesco dell Tacca was Giovan Francesco
Crivelli, a relative of the goldsmith Crivelli, who certainly did own
a house (which is still to be seen) in the " Z?<??z<2%z," almost opposite
to the Palazzo Sforza; a circumstance which undoubtedly does give
some probability to the suggestion.
but that if he roused me I would give him heavier kicks
than an ass. Fie reported this to the Cardinal and de-
picted (my conduct as worthy of) a Hell. Two days
later, I was behind the palace shooting into a very
high-up nook at a wild pigeon which was brooding
in that nook; and I had many times seen firing at
that same pigeon a goldsmith, who was called Giovan-
fran"° della Tacca/ a Milanese, and he had never hit
it. This (particular) day that I was shooting, the
pigeon was just showing its head, being suspicious on
account of the other times upon which it had been fired
at; and since this Giovanfran°° and I were rivals in the
matter of shooting with fowling-pieces, whilst certain
noblemen and friends of mine were in my shop, they
pointed it (the pigeon) out to me, saying: "Look up
there at Giovanfrancesco della Tacca's pigeon, at which
he has fired so many times; now, see how the poor creature
remains on the watch so that it scarcely shows its head."
^ This Giovan Francesco della Tacca may have been a relative—
perhaps even a brother—of the Giovampietro della Tacca, men-
tioned in Chap. IV, Vol. I, p. 73, n. 1. GUASTi believes the following
record extractedbyBERTOLOTTl from the ^^zb^<7ZddZ^7zZ4z'z (^4^/.
J<?77z^. czY. Vol. I, p. 203) refers to this goldsmith : -Sb/f^zy 77zzzg*°. yb.
Z*7*ZZ7ZC° AZ?ZzbZ!:7Z^7Z. %ZZ7*Z/Lz Z7Z ZZ?*&, ZZZCZZZ*. C<77Z/ZZ77Z ZZZZTV <Z?
zZ?_/zzJ. V CW7Z^7^Z777Z 37Z7V ^ ZZZ^gWZ/zb/ %/zb7VZ77Z 7Z^jy<27*zb?'ZZ77Z,^717
;77Z.SV Z7Zyb.S'Zb ZZZZ/ZVz'zbZzb F. Zh yV.y<WAZ77Z^yWz77A7y5. ^*77ZZ7. Zb V. 77Z<97V
JV/zZ? &7Z<?Zzb^7zZ<7 ^ ZAtZ^ZzZb.—Z?ZiZz777Z Zb77Z^, <?Z\, Zzb JTZV z7CZb.
1330. According to this theory Giovan Francesco would also bear
the surname of 4F Zb7y5<27zzb, but GNOLI FZ77V ydzvb,
1891, p. 240 z? -svjT*.) puts forward another proposition; namely,
that this Giovan Francesco dell Tacca was Giovan Francesco
Crivelli, a relative of the goldsmith Crivelli, who certainly did own
a house (which is still to be seen) in the " Z?<??z<2%z," almost opposite
to the Palazzo Sforza; a circumstance which undoubtedly does give
some probability to the suggestion.