Portrait of Cosimo de’ Medici
Date
1816
Sitter
Cosimo de' Medici (1389 - 1464, Italian) , Statesman
Creator
R. Page (British) , Engraver
Object type
Archive reference number
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 220mm
width (print): 125mm
width (print): 125mm
Subject
Description
Head and shoulders study of Cosimo de’ Medici, in profile, wearing a cap and in an oval frame. With the Medici arms below, supported by the Marzocco heraldic lion, symbol of Florence.
Plate from a grangerized copy of A history of the Royal Society, with memoirs of the Presidents…by Charles Richard Weld (London, John W. Parker, 1848). In this edition, the original two volumes were extended to eight volumes with the addition of extra-illustrations and documents, by Alexander Meyrick Broadley.
The engraving appears facing p.5, as Weld’s text discusses the patronage of the Medici family and the founding of the Platonic Academy in Florence.
Inscribed below: ‘COSMO DE MEDICI. Engraved by R. Page. for the Encyclopaedia Londinensis, 1816.’
Cosimo de’ Medici (1389-1464) Italian statesman, banker, and patron of the arts.
Plate from a grangerized copy of A history of the Royal Society, with memoirs of the Presidents…by Charles Richard Weld (London, John W. Parker, 1848). In this edition, the original two volumes were extended to eight volumes with the addition of extra-illustrations and documents, by Alexander Meyrick Broadley.
The engraving appears facing p.5, as Weld’s text discusses the patronage of the Medici family and the founding of the Platonic Academy in Florence.
Inscribed below: ‘COSMO DE MEDICI. Engraved by R. Page. for the Encyclopaedia Londinensis, 1816.’
Cosimo de’ Medici (1389-1464) Italian statesman, banker, and patron of the arts.
Object history
Print from Charles Richard Weld's A history of the Royal Society, vol. 1... (London, John W. Parker, 1848) grangerized by the writer and collector Alexander Meyrick Broadley (1847–1916) into 8 volumes, adding illustrative material and manuscript items to Weld's text. The books were initially owned by Ludwig Mond FRS (1839–1909), and according to an inscription by his son Robert Ludwig Mond FRS (1867–1938) they were intended for presentation to the Society. This eventually happened in late 1959, the donor being the politician Harry Nathan (1889–1963), Lord Nathan of Churt.
Related fellows
Charles Richard Weld (1813 - 1869, British) , Author
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