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Gonzalo de Liaño (1-1588) fue enano y bufón de Felipe II, pero sus habilidades eran mucho más amplias, ya que fue agente del rey. Durante los últimos años de su vida, a partir de 1579 al menos, viajó entre España e Italia. Su principal tarea era atender al traslado de objetos artísticos y valiosos entre las cortes. Conocemos sus viajes a través de las cartas que escribió a los Grandes Duques de Toscana, Francsco 1 y Bianca Capello. Sus cartas, una muestra excepcional del estilo jocoso, muestran que no fue un agente corriente, sino muy astuto, empleando el humor y el ingenio para acceder a los poderosos y conseguir sus fines. A fin de mostrar estas habilidades bufonescas, se editan algunas de sus cartas a la Gran Duquesa conservadas en el Archivio di Stato de Florencia.
Gonzalo de Liaño (d. 1588) was a dwarf and jester of the Spanish king Felipe II but is abilities were much broader as he was also an agent of the king. During the last years of his life, since 1579, he travelled between Spain and Italy. His main duty was to take tare of artistic and valuable objects travelling from one court to the other. We know about his extensive travelling through the letters he wrote to the Grand Dukes of Tuscany, Francesco 1 and Bianca Capello. His letters, an unique evidence of the facetious style, reveal he was not a common agent but a very clever one who used humour, jokes and wit as a mearas of making his way to the members of the ruling class and getting his ends. As a way to show bis facetious abilities some of his letters to the Grand Duchess of Toscana from the Archivio di Stato di Firenze are edited.
