the adornment of a great hall. The Duke has also caused the same Valerio
to make a nude statue of the dwarf Morgante in marble, which has proved
so beautiful and so like the reality, that probably there has never been
seen another monster so well wrought, nor one executed with such
diligence, lifelike and faithful to nature. In like manner, he has
caused him to execute the statue of Pietro, called Barbino, a gifted
dwarf, well-lettered and a very gentle spirit, and a favourite of our
Duke. For all these reasons, I say, Valerio has well deserved that there
should be allotted to him by his Excellency the statue that is to adorn
the tomb of Buonarroti, the one master of all these able men of the
Academy.

As for Francesco Moschino, a sculptor of Florence, enough having been
spoken of him in another place, it suffices here to say that he also is
an Academician, that under the protection of Duke Cosimo he is
constantly at work in the Duomo of Pisa, and that among the festive
preparations for the nuptials he acquitted himself excellently well in
the decorations of the principal door of the Ducal Palace.

Of Domenico Poggini, likewise, having said above that he is an able
sculptor and that he has executed an infinity of medals very faithful to
the reality, and some works in marble and in casting, I shall say
nothing more of him here, save that he is deservedly one of our
Academicians, that for the above-named nuptials he made some very
beautiful statues, which were placed upon the Arch of Religion at the
Canto della Paglia, and that recently he has executed a new medal of the
Duke, very true to the life and most beautiful; and he is still
continually at work.

Giovanni Fancelli, or rather, as others call him, Giovanni di Stocco, an
Academician, has executed many works in marble and stone, which have
proved good sculptures; among others, much extolled is an escutcheon of
balls with two children and other ornaments, placed on high over the two
knee-shaped windows of the facade of Ser Giovanni Conti in Florence. And
the same I say of Zanobi Lastricati, who, as a good and able sculptor,
has executed and is still executing many works in marble and in casting,
which have made him well worthy to be in the Academy in company with
those named above; and, among his works, much praised is a Mercury of
bronze that is in the court of the Palace of M. Lorenzo Ridolfi, for it
is a figure wrought with all the considerations that are requis