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Last Name Napoletano

Given Name Filippo

alt. Names F. N. ; Napolitano / Teodoro Filippo de Liagno / Filippo d'Angeli / Théodore De Llaño ;

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Year born 1587 c. in Rome

Year died 1629 c.

Place of death Rome / Roma / Rom

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Country of Activity Italy

Worked for Johann Faber (1574-1629), a Bavarian physician-naturalist residing in Rome & member of the Accademia dei Lincei ;

Patronage since 1617 Cosimo II de Medici (1590-1621) in Florence ;

Collaborators draughtsman and engraver Jacques Callot ; artist -> Jacopo Ligozzi ;

Techniques anatomical, animal, landscape, botanical, and technical drawing and etching

Sample(s) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Filippo_Napoletano_-_Two_Shells_-_WGA16433.jpg ; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Filippo_Napoletano_-_Naval_Battle

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Published sources L. T. Tomasi & G. A. Hirschauer: Flowering of Florence. Botanical Art for the Medici (Washington 2002: 58) ;

other F. N. possessed a Wunderkammer of "beautiful bizarre objects" including exotic weaponry, fossilized plants, tiger, lion, and turtle skulls, oriental porcelain and sculpted crockery, a vest made of human skin, a harness for dragging whales on ice, a three-legged flea, antiquities etc. pp. Mostly known for his landscapes and genre scenes.

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