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La perspectiue curieuse…, Jean François Niceron (facsimile)
    • Setting:
      Room I
    • Author:
      Jean François Niceron
    • Place:
      Paris
    • Date:
      original 1638 / facsimile 2008
    • Dimensions:
      facsimile 35x24 cm
    • Inventory:
      Firenze, Museo Galileo, MED 2135
    • La perspectiue curieuse…, Jean François Niceron (facsimile)

First book specifically dedicated to the perspective technique of "anamorphosis". A copy was donated by the author to Prince Leopoldo de' Medici in 1643. The plate on display illustrates the dioptric artifice allowing to see the hidden portrait of Ferdinando II.

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