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- Title
"Galanterie di cose rare…" Filippo Sassetti's Indian Shopping List for the Medici Grand Duke Francesco and His Brother Cardinal Ferdinando.
- Authors
KARL, BARBARA
- Abstract
The article discusses items that were bought by Florentine merchant Filippo Sassetti while he was living in India between the years 1584 and 1588. Valuable objects that were sent by Sassetti from the grand duke Francesco de Medici and his brother, cardinal Ferdinando de Medici, are examined. The author analyzes the content of the letters to reconstruct the origins and itineraries of the items that Sassetti sent. Efforts by wealthy individuals in sixteenth century Europe to purchase exotic goods are examined.
- Subjects
INDIA; SASSETTI, Filippo; FRANCESCO I, Grand-Duke of Tuscany, 1541-1587; DE Medici, Ferdinando; SIXTEENTH century; COLLECTORS &; collecting
- Publication
Itinerario, 2008, Vol 32, Issue 3, p23
- ISSN
0165-1153
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1017/s0165115300002291