Plate 9: Lorenzo de' Medici founding the Platonic Academy, beneath a coffered arch, standing to the right of a statue of Plato, with contemporary philosophers, Marsilio Ficino, Giovanni Pico della Mirandola, Angelo Ambrogini (Il Poliziano), and Cristoforo Landino
After frescoes by Franceschini celebrating the Medici ancestry for the inner court of Villa Petraia, Florence.
Artwork Details
- Title: Plate 9: Lorenzo de' Medici founding the Platonic Academy, beneath a coffered arch, standing to the right of a statue of Plato, with contemporary philosophers, Marsilio Ficino, Giovanni Pico della Mirandola, Angelo Ambrogini (Il Poliziano), and Cristoforo Landino
- Artist: Carlo Gregori (Italian, Florence 1719–1759 Florence)
- Artist: Intermediary draftsman Giovanni Elia Morghen (Italian, 1721–after 1789)
- Artist: After Francesco Furini (Italian, Florence 1603–1646 Florence)
- Date: 1746
- Medium: Engraving
- Dimensions: Sheet (Trimmed): 25 11/16 × 15 1/4 in. (65.2 × 38.8 cm)
- Classification: Prints
- Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1951
- Object Number: 51.501.4653
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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