 |
|
|
| Home | Presentation | Exhibition | Information | Credits |
|
MEDICI
COLLECTING
|
 |
|
|
|
The
Medici always cultivated a strong interest in works of imagination. In
1581, the Granduke Francesco I (1541-1587) founded the Florentine Gallery,
on the second floor of the Uffizi, where he gathered together works of
art, curious objects and highly esteemed scientific material. Various
measuring instruments were arranged in the small Room of Mathematics.
Towards the middle of the seventeenth century, the space reserved for
these scientific instruments ran out, and they were transferred to the
larger Hall of Mathematics. The Medicean collection increased till the extinction of the family in 1737. Among the many astronomical or terrestrial telescopes presented to, or acquired by, the Medici in Italy and abroad, the collection includes some objects proving their intellectual taste for new or curious things. |
|
|
Related
objects
|
|
 |
Inv.
2547 V.42 Telescope in the form of a walking stick End of the seventeenth century - first half of the eighteenth century Unsigned Wood, brass, iron, silver, silk Length 950 mm |
 |
Inv.
2563 V.43 Binocular telescope c. 1675 Chérubin d'Orléans Wood, leather, grained leather Length circa 1050 mm |
 |
Inv.
2548 V.37 Terrestrial telescope First half of the eighteenth century Jacques Tendre de Moulina Cardboard, leather |
 |
Inv.
2549 V.31 Terrestrial telescope First half of the eighteenth century Unsigned Cardboard, paper Length 1140 mm |
 |
Inv.
2562 V.30 Terrestrial telescope c. 1650 [attr.] Johannes Wiesel Paper, velvet, silk Length circa 1000 mm |
 |
Inv.
3449.15 V.15 Part of a composite eyepiece First half of the eighteenth century Cardboard, Florentine paper Length 140 mm |
| [ Museum Home Page ] [ Italiano ] |
