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Leopoldo de' Medici

1617–1675 · 17th century

Leopoldo de' Medici was a prince of the Tuscan ruling house, brother of Grand Duke Ferdinando II, and a cardinal from 1667. A keen student of science, he founded the Accademia del Cimento with his brother in 1657 and directed its experiments. He was also a major collector of drawings and of artists' self-portraits, the origin of the self-portrait collection of the Uffizi.

Leopoldo de' Medici
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