Credit: © The Royal Society
Image number: RS.9508
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Portrait of Francesco Algarotti
Date
1752
Sitter
Francesco Algarotti (1712 - 1764, Italian) , Natural philosopher
Creator
Georg Friedrich Schmidt (1712 - 1775, German) , Printmaker
Object type
Archive reference number
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 259mm
width (print): 208mm
width (print): 208mm
Subject
Description
Profile in an oval frame with a leaf design above a clasical frieze.
Inscribed above: “Georg Friedrich Schmidt.” Inscribed below: “G F Schmidt ad vivum del: et sculp: Berolim 1752”. In pencil lower right “Count Algorini of Venice 7/6“
Francesco Algarotti was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1736.
Inscribed above: “Georg Friedrich Schmidt.” Inscribed below: “G F Schmidt ad vivum del: et sculp: Berolim 1752”. In pencil lower right “Count Algorini of Venice 7/6“
Francesco Algarotti was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1736.
Object history
Noted in Catalogue of the prints in the possession of the Royal Society, by Henry George Plimmer FRS (1856-1918), manuscript, p.1. J.P.Gassiot Collection, purchased.
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