An Etruscan bronze found at San Giminiano in 1787 - article ; n°2 ; vol.104, pg 537-561

Mélanges de l'Ecole française de Rome. Antiquité - Année 1992 - Volume 104 - Numéro 2 - Pages 537-561
Kyle M. Phillips, Jr. (†), An Etruscan bronze found at San Giminiano in 1787, p. 537-561. This article traces the origin of an Etruscan bronze piglet in the Archaeological Museum at Florence (Inv. 531). According to documents in Florence and Siena, Valentino Tordini found the piglet in February 1787. He reported his find to his parish priest, Girolamo Benucci, and news soon reached Anton Lorenzo Minucci, Potesta of S. Gimignano. Minucci notified Abbot Felice Fontana in Florence who passed the information on to Giuseppe Bencivenni gia Pelli. Director of the R. Galleria. As a resuit, Bencivenni gia Pelli made a recommendation to Luigi di Schmidweiller, financial advisor of the Grand Duke, Pietro Leopoldo I De Lorena, to grant a reward to the finder of the piglet and to place it in the (p.t.o.) R. Galleria. The Grand Duke approved the award and the piglet arrived in the R. Galleria on March 7.1787. She was subsequently moved to her present location in the Archaeological Museum.
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