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C1742
Nicholas Gualterius Philosophus et Medicus Collegiatus Florentinus Regiae Academiae Botanica Florentince Socius in Pisana Universitate….
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Fine c.18th portrait of Nicholas Gualtieri, from the painting by Maria Maddalena Gozzi (1718-1782), Italian artist born in Florence to Tommaso Gozzi and married Giuseppe Baldacci. Gozzi was a pupil of Giovanna Fratellini and then of Giovanni Domenico Campiglia, to become a … Read Full Description
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Full Title:
Nicholas Gualterius Philosophus et Medicus Collegiatus Florentinus Regiae Academiae Botanica Florentince Socius in Pisana Universitate….
Date:
C1742
Artist:
Condition:
In good condition.
Technique:
Copper engraving.
Image Size:
225mm
x 360mm
Paper Size:
302mm
x 425mm
AUTHENTICITY
Genuine antique
dated:
1742
Description:
Fine c.18th portrait of Nicholas Gualtieri, from the painting by Maria Maddalena Gozzi (1718-1782), Italian artist born in Florence to Tommaso Gozzi and married Giuseppe Baldacci. Gozzi was a pupil of Giovanna Fratellini and then of Giovanni Domenico Campiglia, to become a specialist in miniature portraits and pastel drawings.
Niccolo Gualtieri was a Florentine doctor and malacologist who established a fabulous private natural history collection, and catalogued its contents, he is best known for his series of shells; Index Testarum Conchyliorum.
From Niccolo Gualtieri’s, Index Testarum Conchyliorum.
Collections:
Museums Victoria Collections: ark:/13960/s2q8k75p5wj
Library of Congress Washington D.C.: LC control no. nr 00015211
Bibliotheque Nationale de France: ark:/12148/cb30548600n
Niccolo Gualtieri (1688 - 1744)
Italian doctor and malacologist who established a fabulous private natural history collection, and catalogued its contents, the best known being of the molluscs. Gualtieri was born in Florence and moved to Pisa at the age of 20, where he studied philosophy and medicine under Giuseppe Zambeccari (1665–1728). He returned to Florence to practice medicine, while also becoming personal physician to Grand Princess Violante di Baviera. He later became physician to the Grand Duke of Tuscany. He had a wide range of interests and participated in learned societies, founding the Societa Botanica Florentina along with other associates. He wrote a pamphlet in 1725 suggesting that perennial springs were fed by sea waters through underground channels. He received enough criticism that the Princess Violante forbade him to write on the topic. Gualtieri became a professor at the University of Pisa. He was amongst the first to depict the argonaut. His collections were acquired by Stefano Lorena and are now deposited at the Museo storia naturale di Pisa.
