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A preparatory drawing for the tapestry of the same title, woven in 1574 by the Medici manufacturers as part of a series of eighteen illustrating the lives of the Medici and designed for the Palazzo Vecchio, Florence, D. Heikamp, Giovanni Stradanos Bildteppiche für den Palazzo Vecchio mit Darstellungen aus dem Leben der älteren Medici, Mitteilungen des Kunsthistorischen Institutes in Florenz, XIV, 1969, p. 183-200, fig. 11. Although Heikamp does not mention any drawing for the tapestries, Dr. van Sasse van Usselt has confirmed the attribution

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