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Showing posts with label Ferdinand II de Medici. Show all posts

Showing posts with label Ferdinand II de Medici. Show all posts

20 February 2019

Francesco Maria II della Rovere - the last Duke of Urbino

Last male in famous family line Francesco Maria II della Rovere, as depicted by Italian painter Federico Barocci in 1572 (Uffizi Galle...

23 May 2018

Ferdinando II de’ Medici – Grand Duke of Tuscany

Technology fan who supported scientist Galileo Ferdinando II, the Grand Duke of Tuscany, portrayed by Flemish painter Justus Sustermans...

25 October 2016

Evangelista Torricelli – inventor of the barometer

Physicist's name lives on in scientific terminology Evangelista Torricelli: a portrait by Lorenzo Lippi, shortly before he died ...

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