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His descendents were said to have displayed the bust in their library, along with other family portrait busts. It is based on a death mask, made by laying plaster over the face of the deceased to create a mould.\r\n\r\nThe sitter wears a <font -i>cappuccio</font -i>, an elaborate headdress that was commonly worn by Florentines in the 15th century. The possible man represented in the bust, Niccolo di Giovanni Capponi (1416-91) was <font -i>gonfaloniere di giustizia</font -i> (magistrate  and captain of troops responsible for city magistrates' defence) in 1464.","physicalDescription":"Bust of a member of the Capponi family, terracotta.  The bust, which is cut off above the elbows and through the chest, shows a clean-shaven old man.  He wears a high-necked gown and a chaperon with lappets. 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