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cn. viii] LIFE OF BENVENUTO CELLINI 247
into his Wardrobe chamber, he came to inspect it, together
with the Duchess and with a few other lords. Directly
he saw it, it pleased him, and he praised it extravagantly;
whereby he inspired me with a little hope that he
might really understand it to some extent. After he had
gazed at it for some time, his pleasure greatly increas-
ing, he spake these words: "If you, Benvenuto mine!
carry out thus upon a large scale this little model, it
will be the most beautiful work in the Piazza." ^ There-
upon I said: "My most excellent lord! There are in the
Piazza works by the great Donatello and the wondrous
Michelagniolo/ who were two of the greatest men from
ancient times until now. Nevertheless Your Most Illus-
trious Excellency inspires a great spirit to my model,
wherefor I have sufficient courage to make the (com-
pleted) work more than three times finer than the model."
At this there arose no small debate, because the Duke
kept saying continually that he understood (the matter)
very well, and that he knew exactly what could be done.
Upon this I said that my works would decide that ques-
tion and his doubts; and that most certainly I would
fulfil for His Excellency much more than I was promis-
' Known then as the Zzzz^zz 44? 6V<37z422r<2, but to which its
ancient name of 4?// .SY^TZfTZ? has now been restored. This
Piazza, together with the Z<?^yM 2Z2 Z2272F2',—once styled Za^iz
-Y'Zrczz^zzzz, from its supposed designer,—was adorned by Cosimo
with some of the finest works of sculpture in the city.
^ Donatello's yzzZZ/z still remains under the Loggia before-
mentioned; but Michelangelo's Zkwz'Z, after standing until a few
years since beside the door of the Palazzo Vecchio, now adorns a
special tribune of its own in the Galleria Antica e Moderna. To
this passage in his CELLINI refers in Chapters XII
of his Zr^zZsv wz MA77Z' V 4L GWZfWzzZ and VIII of his
into his Wardrobe chamber, he came to inspect it, together
with the Duchess and with a few other lords. Directly
he saw it, it pleased him, and he praised it extravagantly;
whereby he inspired me with a little hope that he
might really understand it to some extent. After he had
gazed at it for some time, his pleasure greatly increas-
ing, he spake these words: "If you, Benvenuto mine!
carry out thus upon a large scale this little model, it
will be the most beautiful work in the Piazza." ^ There-
upon I said: "My most excellent lord! There are in the
Piazza works by the great Donatello and the wondrous
Michelagniolo/ who were two of the greatest men from
ancient times until now. Nevertheless Your Most Illus-
trious Excellency inspires a great spirit to my model,
wherefor I have sufficient courage to make the (com-
pleted) work more than three times finer than the model."
At this there arose no small debate, because the Duke
kept saying continually that he understood (the matter)
very well, and that he knew exactly what could be done.
Upon this I said that my works would decide that ques-
tion and his doubts; and that most certainly I would
fulfil for His Excellency much more than I was promis-
' Known then as the Zzzz^zz 44? 6V<37z422r<2, but to which its
ancient name of 4?// .SY^TZfTZ? has now been restored. This
Piazza, together with the Z<?^yM 2Z2 Z2272F2',—once styled Za^iz
-Y'Zrczz^zzzz, from its supposed designer,—was adorned by Cosimo
with some of the finest works of sculpture in the city.
^ Donatello's yzzZZ/z still remains under the Loggia before-
mentioned; but Michelangelo's Zkwz'Z, after standing until a few
years since beside the door of the Palazzo Vecchio, now adorns a
special tribune of its own in the Galleria Antica e Moderna. To
this passage in his CELLINI refers in Chapters XII
of his Zr^zZsv wz MA77Z' V 4L GWZfWzzZ and VIII of his