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390 LIFE OF BENVENUTO CELLINI [BK. 11
behalf, that he must consider carefully that work of
mine of and that he must value it, because the
Duke wished to pay me its just value. These two worthy
men immediately found the said Bandinello, and when
they gave him the message, he told them that he had
very carefully considered that work, and that he knew
too well what it was worth; but since he was at discord
with me regarding other past matters, he did not want
to be mixed up with my affairs in any way whatsoever.
Thereupon these two noblemen rejoined and said: " The
Duke has said to us that, under pain of his displeasure,
he commands you to hx the value, and if you desire 2
or 3 days' time for careful consideration, do you take
them: and then tell us what it seems to you that the
labour deserves." The said man replied that he had
very carefully considered it, and that he could not
neglect the commands of the Duke, and that that work
had turned out very splendid and fine, to such a point
that it appeared to him that it was worth sixteen
thousand gold and more. Those excellent noble-
men immediately reported this to the Duke, who was
greatly irritated; and they likewise repeated it to me. To
whom I responded that in no way whatsoever would I
accept the praises of Bandinello, since this evil man
to the S*^z*zzyyz'zzZzcAz of 1570 (see above, p. 377, n. 1), where
he says that Bandinehi valued his at sixteen thousand
.svMZz: a fact which Bandinelli knew himself and 7zz<?zza wz?-
zzz^z-M (Bartolini) z? ZzzzzzZy? (who had
died in 1568). Later on we find Benvenuto estimating the value of
an oil painting representing the ZZz^z, painted by Girolamo Mac-
chietti (styled z7 Zwrz/Zyzzzh) for the private chapel of Pandolfo
della Stufa in San Lorenzo in Florence, (<y RUSCONI and VA-
LERI, cz7., p. 636.)
behalf, that he must consider carefully that work of
mine of and that he must value it, because the
Duke wished to pay me its just value. These two worthy
men immediately found the said Bandinello, and when
they gave him the message, he told them that he had
very carefully considered that work, and that he knew
too well what it was worth; but since he was at discord
with me regarding other past matters, he did not want
to be mixed up with my affairs in any way whatsoever.
Thereupon these two noblemen rejoined and said: " The
Duke has said to us that, under pain of his displeasure,
he commands you to hx the value, and if you desire 2
or 3 days' time for careful consideration, do you take
them: and then tell us what it seems to you that the
labour deserves." The said man replied that he had
very carefully considered it, and that he could not
neglect the commands of the Duke, and that that work
had turned out very splendid and fine, to such a point
that it appeared to him that it was worth sixteen
thousand gold and more. Those excellent noble-
men immediately reported this to the Duke, who was
greatly irritated; and they likewise repeated it to me. To
whom I responded that in no way whatsoever would I
accept the praises of Bandinello, since this evil man
to the S*^z*zzyyz'zzZzcAz of 1570 (see above, p. 377, n. 1), where
he says that Bandinehi valued his at sixteen thousand
.svMZz: a fact which Bandinelli knew himself and 7zz<?zza wz?-
zzz^z-M (Bartolini) z? ZzzzzzZy? (who had
died in 1568). Later on we find Benvenuto estimating the value of
an oil painting representing the ZZz^z, painted by Girolamo Mac-
chietti (styled z7 Zwrz/Zyzzzh) for the private chapel of Pandolfo
della Stufa in San Lorenzo in Florence, (<y RUSCONI and VA-
LERI, cz7., p. 636.)