De tekst luidt: Benvenutus Cellinis cives Flor. faciebat MDLIII = Gemaakt door de Florentijnse burger Benvenuto Cellini in 1553 (oude stijl). Zie: Margaret A. Gallucci, Benvenuto Cellini. Sexuality, Masculinity, and Artistic Identity in Renaissance Italy 2016, p. 105
John Shearman, Only Connect. Art and the Spectator in the Italian Renaissance, 1992, p. 53
Derek Parker, Cellini. Artist, Genius, Fugitive, 2003, p. 232