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AMMANATI, Bartolommeo (1511-1592). Letter signed with autograph subscription 'Afetionatisimo Amico' to Giovanni Caccini Provveditore in Pisa, Florence, 25 February 1579(n.s.), on the difficulty of transporting stone from Golfolina for the Palazzo della Signoria in Lucca, 18 lines of text on one page, approximately 295 x 220mm, integral address leaf with contemporary endorsement and cut to provide seal strip, traces of seal (slight abrasion to the end of a few lines).
In September 1577 the Council of Lucca persuaded Ammanati to take on direction of the work on the Palazzo della Signoria. In this letter he recounts his decision to use pietra serena from Golfolina for the major part of the building and explains the difficulties that will follow in transporting it; the ponte della Cascine is too low for barges to pass when the river is full yet the stone gets spoilt if it is unloaded. If Caccini would order the timbers to be raised a little Ammanati offers to send a 'scarpelino' to assist.
In September 1577 the Council of Lucca persuaded Ammanati to take on direction of the work on the Palazzo della Signoria. In this letter he recounts his decision to use pietra serena from Golfolina for the major part of the building and explains the difficulties that will follow in transporting it; the ponte della Cascine is too low for barges to pass when the river is full yet the stone gets spoilt if it is unloaded. If Caccini would order the timbers to be raised a little Ammanati offers to send a 'scarpelino' to assist.