Paolo Falconieri
Paolo Falconieri (1638–1704) was an Italian architect, painter and mathematician, from a noble family of Florence, whose intellectual interests were wide-ranging, one of the virtuosi of the first scientific century. He was a member of the court of Cosimo III de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany, and a prominent member of the Florentine Accademia del Cimento, selected in 1668 to accompany the secretary Lorenzo Magalotti in presenting to the Royal Society in London and to Charles II, copies of the newly printed reports of experimental science in Florence, Saggi di naturali esperienze. He produced a plan for enlarging Palazzo Pitti in 1681.
Paolo Falconieri
- Full name
- Paolo Mario Bencivenni.
- Died
- 1704. · Rome.
- Occupation
- architect, literary scholar, courtier, chamberlain and writer.
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Paolo Falconieri (1638–1704) was an Italian architect, painter and mathematician, from a noble family of Florence, whose intellectual interests were wide-ranging, one of the virtuosi of the first scientific century. He was a member of the court of Cosimo III de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany, and a prominent member of the Florentine Accademia del Cimento, selected in 1668 to accompany the secretary Lorenzo Magalotti in presenting to the Royal Society in London and to Charles II, copies of the newly printed reports of experimental science in Florence, Saggi di naturali esperienze. He produced a plan for enlarging Palazzo Pitti in 1681.
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1634
Paolo Falconieri was born on 24 March 1634.
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Paolo Falconieri died on 13 March 1704.
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Paolo Falconieri was recorded at birth as Paolo Mario Bencivenni. He also worked under the name Fronimo Epiro. He was the child of Piero Falconieri and Dianora del Bene. Other recorded relations include Orazio Falconieri.
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