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CH. xv] LIFE OF BENVENUTO CELLINI 411
of Misser Ottaviano de' Medici; another the son of Mos-
chino * began at Pisa, and another Bartolomeo Amman-
nato made in the Loggia, which we had divided between
us. When I had well sketched it all out, and I wanted
to begin finishing the head, to which I had already given
a small part of its first touches, the Duke came down
from the Palace, and Giorgetto the painter ^ took him
into the apartment of Ammannato, to show him the
upon which the said Giorgino had laboured
with his own hand for many days, along with the said
Ammannato and with all his workmen. Whilst the
Duke was looking at it I was told that he was very little
satisfied with it; and although the said Giorgino wanted
to fill him up with those chatterings of his, the Duke
shook his head, and turning to his Misser Gianstefano/
1 This sculptor was 72^/ the -sw% o/yVyjrA'w, but Moschino him-
self; zA, Francesco di Simone Mosca, who bore the nickname of
7V<r(??v("of the Sheep"). This Francesco had a son named
Simone who died in 1610. He was also a sculptor, but he would
not at this date (1559) have been old enough to have entered into
competition with men of the age and reputation of Ammannato,
Danti and Cellini. Moreover, in 1563-64 Moschino was sent to
Pisa by Duke Cosimo to execute certain work on the Duomo
there. (Q^ VASARI, MlLANESl rz'A, Vol. VI, p. 310, and
TANFANi, AVA r/AA', gAr. rz'A)
^ By "Giorgetto" and "Giorgino," CELLINI indicates CiORGiO
VASARI, whose good-will towards Ammannato is clearly shown by
his allusions to him (Fi'A?, MlLANESl rz'A, Vol. VI, pp. 187-
192). He even conveyed, for his approval, so he tells us (p. 191),
to Michelangelo in Rome a small wax model of Ammannato's
proposed statue.
3 CARPANi thought that this might be Stefano Lalli of Norcia,
but in truth the person here mentioned is Stefano Alii, a Roman,
one of the most trusted chamberlains of Duke Cosimo, by whom—
and even more by the Grand-Duke Francesco—as we learn from
of Misser Ottaviano de' Medici; another the son of Mos-
chino * began at Pisa, and another Bartolomeo Amman-
nato made in the Loggia, which we had divided between
us. When I had well sketched it all out, and I wanted
to begin finishing the head, to which I had already given
a small part of its first touches, the Duke came down
from the Palace, and Giorgetto the painter ^ took him
into the apartment of Ammannato, to show him the
upon which the said Giorgino had laboured
with his own hand for many days, along with the said
Ammannato and with all his workmen. Whilst the
Duke was looking at it I was told that he was very little
satisfied with it; and although the said Giorgino wanted
to fill him up with those chatterings of his, the Duke
shook his head, and turning to his Misser Gianstefano/
1 This sculptor was 72^/ the -sw% o/yVyjrA'w, but Moschino him-
self; zA, Francesco di Simone Mosca, who bore the nickname of
7V<r(??v("of the Sheep"). This Francesco had a son named
Simone who died in 1610. He was also a sculptor, but he would
not at this date (1559) have been old enough to have entered into
competition with men of the age and reputation of Ammannato,
Danti and Cellini. Moreover, in 1563-64 Moschino was sent to
Pisa by Duke Cosimo to execute certain work on the Duomo
there. (Q^ VASARI, MlLANESl rz'A, Vol. VI, p. 310, and
TANFANi, AVA r/AA', gAr. rz'A)
^ By "Giorgetto" and "Giorgino," CELLINI indicates CiORGiO
VASARI, whose good-will towards Ammannato is clearly shown by
his allusions to him (Fi'A?, MlLANESl rz'A, Vol. VI, pp. 187-
192). He even conveyed, for his approval, so he tells us (p. 191),
to Michelangelo in Rome a small wax model of Ammannato's
proposed statue.
3 CARPANi thought that this might be Stefano Lalli of Norcia,
but in truth the person here mentioned is Stefano Alii, a Roman,
one of the most trusted chamberlains of Duke Cosimo, by whom—
and even more by the Grand-Duke Francesco—as we learn from