Medici collections
"Archimetro"
Inv. 629
Maker unknown, 17th cent.
Armed lodestone
Inv. 2431
Maker unknown, ca. 1608
Armillary sphere
Inv. 1104
Maker unknown, ca. 1575
Armillary sphere
Inv. 119
Maker unknown, 17th cent.
Armillary sphere
Inv. 714
Antonio Santucci, Florence, 1588-1593
Armillary sphere
Inv. 2711
Girolamo della Volpaia, Florence, 1564
Astrolabe
Inv. 1094
Gualterus Arsenius [attr.], Flemish, ca. 1570
Astrolabe
Inv. 1097
Johann Richter (Praetorius), Altdorf, 1591
Astrolabe
Inv. 3361
Egnazio Danti or Giovanni Battista Giusti [attr.], Florence, 16th cent.
Astrolabe
Inv. 1103
Gualterus Arsenius, Louvain, 1572
Astronomical clock
Inv. 3370
Caspar Rauber [attr.], German, ca. 1575
Astronomical compendium
Inv. 2478
Maker unknown, German, late 16th cent.
Astronomical ring
Inv. 2451
Maker unknown, German?, mid-17th cent.
Astronomical ring
Inv. 2452
Maker unknown, mid-17th cent.
Astronomical ring
Inv. 2453
Johannes Motter [attr.], Flemish, ca. 1550
Barrois compass
Inv. 656
Franz Schwartz, Brussels, first half 18th cent.
Binocular telescope
Inv. 2563
Chérubin d'Orléans, French, ca. 1675
Bottle
Inv. 2067
Maker unknown, 16th cent.
Bottle
Inv. 3804
Maker unknown, Tuscany, 17th cent.
Bowls
Inv. 2068, 2069, 2070, 2071
Maker unknown, 16th cent.
Box for mathematical instruments
Inv. 671
Maker unknown, 17th cent.
Box for mathematical instruments
Inv. 672
Maker unknown, 17th cent.
Box for mining instruments
Inv. 683
Maker unknown, German, 16th cent.
Box of mathematical instruments
Inv. 243, 244, 247
Giacomo Lusverg, Domenico Lusverg, Rome, second half 17th cent. - first half 18th cent.
Box of mathematical instruments
Inv. 2532, 2541, 2542 (archipenzolo con busto di fanciullo), 2543, 3726
Christoph Schissler, German, late 16th cent.
Box of mining instruments
Inv. 2538
Maker unknown, German, 16th cent.
Bucket
Inv. 329
Maker unknown, 17th cent.
Calculating machine
Inv. 3179
Maker unknown, Italian?, 17th cent.
Calculating machine
Inv. 679
Henri Sutton, Samuel Knibb, London, 1664
Caliper compass
Inv. 652, 3706
Maker unknown, Italian, 17th cent.
"Capriccio" glass
Inv. 341/i
Maker unknown, Tuscany, 17th cent.
Carpenter's folding rule
Inv. 608
Maker unknown, English, 17th cent.
Case for military instruments
Inv. 620
Maker unknown, 17th cent.
Case of mathematical instruments
Inv. 639, 640, 673, 703
Giacomo Lusverg, Domenico Lusverg, Rome, late 17th cent. - early 18th cent.
Celestial globe
Dep. SBAS, Firenze
Vincenzo Coronelli, 1696
Celestial globe
Inv. 2366
Vincenzo Coronelli, Venice, 1692
Celestial globe
Inv. 2696
Jodocus Hondius Jr, Adrianus Veen, 1613
Celestial globe
Inv. 2364
Vincenzo Coronelli, Arnold Deuvez, Jean-Baptiste Nolin, Paris, 1693
Celestial globe
Inv. 123
Mario Cartaro, Rome, 1577
Celestial globe
Inv. 2697
Willem Jansz Blaeu, published by Joan Blaeu after 1630
Celestial globe
Inv. 347
Willem Jansz Blaeu, published by Joan Blaeu after 1630
Celestial globe
Loan INAF-Arcetri
Willem Jansz Blaeu, 1622
Celestial globe
Inv. 348
Willem Jansz Blaeu, published by Joan Blaeu after 1630
Celestial globe
Inv. 2702
Matthäus Greuter, Rome, 1636
Centerpiece
Inv. 302
Maker unknown, Tuscany, 17th cent.
Centerpiece
Inv. 86
Maker unknown, Tuscany, 17th cent.
Chalice
Inv. 315
Maker unknown, Tuscany, 17th cent.
Chalice glass
Inv. 3905
Maker unknown, 17th cent.
Chalice glass
Inv. 3906
Maker unknown, 17th cent.
Chalice glass
Inv. 3904
Maker unknown, 17th cent.
Chalice with fins
Inv. 341/38
Maker unknown, Tuscany, late 16th cent. - early 17th cent.
Chalice with handles
Inv. 280
Maker unknown, Tuscany, late 16th cent. - early 17th cent.
Chalices
Inv. 104, 105
Maker unknown, Tuscany, late 16th cent. - early 17th cent.
Clinometer
Inv. 148
Maker unknown, Italian, 16th cent.
Communicating vases
Inv. 186
Maker unknown, Tuscany, 17th cent.
Compound microscope
Inv. 3247
Maker unknown, Italian, late 17th cent.
Compound microscope, body-tube
Inv. 3797
Maker unknown, Italian, early 18th cent.
Conical glass
Inv. 309
Maker unknown, Tuscany, late 16th cent. - early 17th cent.
Conical glass
Inv. 320
Maker unknown, Tuscany, late 16th cent. - early 17th cent.
Conical glass
Inv. 310
Maker unknown, Tuscany, late 16th cent. - early 17th cent.
Conical glass
Inv. 3803
Maker unknown, Tuscany, late 16th cent. - early 17th cent.
Crab-shaped "capriccio" glass
Inv. 103
Maker unknown, Tuscany, 17th cent.
Cup
Inv. 268
Maker unknown, Tuscany, 17th cent.
Cups joined by a stem
Inv. 3805
Maker unknown, Tuscany, 17th cent.
Cylinder dial
Inv. 2457
Maker unknown, Italian, between 1574 and 1587
Cylindrical vase
Inv. 252
Maker unknown, Tuscany, 17th cent.
Cylindrical vase
Inv. 304
Maker unknown, Tuscany, 17th cent.
Decorated chalice
Inv. 3801
Maker unknown, 17th cent.
Diptych dial
Inv. 2464
Maker unknown, French or Italian, late 16th cent. - early 17th cent.
Diptych dial
Inv. 2469
Maker unknown, German, mid-17th cent.
Diptych dial
Inv. 2471
Hans Tucher, German, second half 16th cent.
Diptych dial
Inv. 2489
Maker unknown, French, 1573
Diptych dial
Inv. 2490
Maker unknown, German, late 17th cent. - early 18th cent.
Display plate
Inv. 291
Maker unknown, Tuscany, late 16th cent. - early 17th cent.
Dividers
Inv. 1000
Maker unknown, 17th cent.
Dividers
Inv. 1486/bis
Maker unknown, 17th cent.
Dividers
Inv. 2515
Benvenuto della Volpaia, Florence, 16th cent.
Double-handle vase
Inv. 341/34
Maker unknown, Tuscany, late 16th cent. - early 17th cent.
Double-handle vases
Inv. 330
Maker unknown, Tuscany, late 16th cent. - early 17th cent.
Drawing compass
Inv. 3684
Maker unknown, 17th cent.
Eyepiece lens
Inv. 2573
Eustachio Divini, Rome, 1665
Eyepiece lens
Inv. 2574
Eustachio Divini, Rome, 1666
Eyepiece lens
Inv. 2584
Ippolito Francini or Evangelista Torricelli or Jacopo Mariani [attr.], Florence, 1640-1660
Eyepiece lens
Inv. 2585
Ippolito Francini or Evangelista Torricelli or Jacopo Mariani [attr.], Florence, 1640-1660
Flute chalice
Inv. 262
Maker unknown, 17th cent.
Folding rule
Inv. 2514
Antonio Bianchini, Italian, 1564
Folding rule
Inv. 2511
Antonio Bianchini, Italian, 16th cent.
Folli's paper-ribbon hygrometer
Inv. 2435
Maker unknown, second half 17th cent.
Fountain
Inv. 88
Maker unknown, Tuscany, 17th cent.
Fountain on stand
Inv. 802
Maker unknown, Tuscany, 16th cent.
Galileo's objective lens
Inv. 2429
Vittorio Crosten (frame), lens: late 1609 - early 1610 / frame: 1677
Galileo's telescope
Inv. 2427
Galileo Galilei, Italian, ca. 1610
Galileo's telescope
Inv. 2428
Galileo Galilei, Italian, late 1609 - early 1610
Geometric and military compass
Inv. 2430
Galileo Galilei, ca. 1606
Geometrical square
Inv. 121
Maker unknown, Italian?, 16th cent.
Gimbaled compass
Inv. 2535
Christoph Schissler [attr.], German, late 16th cent.
Glass with handles
Inv. 258
Maker unknown, Tuscany?, early 17th cent.
Graduated ruler
Inv. 638, 3703
Maker unknown, Urbino, 1661
Graphometer
Inv. 151
Maker unknown, 17th cent.
Graphometer
Inv. 245, 3699
Domenico Lusverg, Rome, 1710
Gunner's caliper
Inv. 695
Maker unknown, 17th cent.
Gunner's caliper
Inv. 699
Maker unknown, German?, 17th cent.
Gunner's calliper
Inv. 3176
Lorenzo Batecin, Venice, 16th cent.
Gunner's level
Inv. 669 (arco), 2539
Josua Habermel, Prague, late 16th cent.
Gunner's quadrant
Inv. 659
Maker unknown, 17th cent.
Gunner's rule
Inv. 2517
Hans Christoph Schissler, Prague, 1595
Gunner's sight and level
Inv. 2531
Maker unknown, German?, 16th cent.
Gunner's sight and level
Inv. 3689
Maker unknown, 17th cent.
Gunner's sight and level
Inv. 670
Maker unknown, 16th cent.
Horary quadrant
Inv. 239
Girolamo della Volpaia, Florence, 1570
Horary quadrant
Inv. 2499
Stefano Buonsignori, Florence, ca. 1580
Horary quadrant
Inv. 2520
Giovanni Battista Giusti, Florence, 1568
Horary quadrant
Inv. 2525
Giovanni Battista Giusti, Florence, ca. 1575
Horary quadrant
Inv. 155, 156 (cavalletto)
Christoph Schissler, Augsburg, 1599
Horary quadrant
Inv. 2524
Giovanni Battista Giusti, Florence, 1565
Horizontal cylinder dial
Inv. 2486
Maker unknown, Italian, 17th cent.
Horizontal dial
Inv. 134
Maker unknown, French or Italian, 17th cent.
Horizontal dial
Inv. 2484
Georg Zorn, Augsburg, 1613
Horizontal dial
Inv. 2468
Maker unknown, German or Dutch, 17th- early 18th cent.
Horizontal dial
Inv. 141
Maker unknown, 17th cent.
Instrument of the "Primum Mobile"
Inv. 2643
Egnazio Danti, Florence, 1568
Jacob's staff
Inv. 3167
Christoph Schissler [attr.], German, late 16th cent.
Jacob's staff
Inv. 3167
Christoph Schissler [attr.], German, late 16th cent.
Jovilabe
Inv. 3178
Maker unknown, second half 17th cent.
Large armed lodestone
Inv. 542
Maker unknown, first decade 17th cent.
Lens
Inv. 2545, 2710/bis
Benedetto Bregans (lens), Francesco Spighi, Gaspero Mazzeranghi (mount), Lens: Dresden / Mount: Florence, Lens: 1690 / Mount: 1767
Lens with central bore
Inv. 2596
Maker unknown, early 18th cent.
Lens with mount
Inv. 2586
Maker unknown, 16th cent.
Lens with mount
Inv. 2630
Maker unknown, late 17th cent.
Lens with mount
Inv. 2595
Maker unknown, 17th cent.
Level
Inv. 701
Domenico Lusverg, Rome, 1710
Lunar converter
Inv. 3701
Maker unknown, Italian, 17th cent.
Magnetic compass
Inv. 3182
Maker unknown, German, 16th cent.
Mathematical compendium
Inv. 2467
Hans Christoph Schissler, German, late 16th cent.
Measuring rule
Inv. 694
Maker unknown, English, 16th cent.
Middle finger of Galileo's right hand
Inv. 2432
Author unknown, Stand, case, and inscription: ca. 1737
Military instrument
Inv. 2530
Joost Bürgi [attr.], German, late 16th cent.
Military instrument
Inv. 682
Baldassarre Lanci, Italian, 1557
Military rule
Inv. 657
Maker unknown, Italian?, 16th cent.
Military rule
Inv. 658
Maker unknown, Italian?, 16th cent.
Model of the eye
Inv. 644
Giovan Battista Verle [attr.], 17th cent.
Model of the eyeball
Inv. 2582
Chérubin d'Orléans [attr.], late 17th cent. (?)
Navicula de Venetiis
Inv. 3163
Maker unknown, English, 15th cent.
Nocturnal
Inv. 2493
Maker unknown, Italian, mid-17th cent.
Nocturnal
Inv. 2504
Maker unknown, French, 1560
Nocturnal
Inv. 2494
Maker unknown, Italian, late 16th cent. - early 17th cent.
Nocturnal and sundial
Inv. 2498
Georg Zorn, Augsburg, 1613
Nocturnal and sundial
Inv. 1305
Lorenzo della Volpaia, Florence, 1511
Nocturnal and sundial
Inv. 2503
Girolamo della Volpaia, Florence, 1568
Nocturnal and sundial
Inv. 1286
Girolamo della Volpaia [attr.], Florence, 16th cent.
Nocturnal and sundial
Inv. 3264
Eufrosino della Volpaia, Florence, 1520
Objective lens
Inv. 2571
Evangelista Torricelli, Florence, 1646
Objective lens
Inv. 2572
Evangelista Torricelli, 1643
Objective lens
Inv. 2632
Jacopo Mariani, Florence, 1660-1670
Objective lens
Inv. 2587
Giuseppe Campani, Rome, 1665
Octagonal telescope
Inv. 2553
Eustachio Divini, Rome, 1664
Octagonal telescope
Inv. 2557
Eustachio Divini, Rome, 1674
Octant
Inv. 120
Maker unknown, Italian?, 16th cent.
Odometer
Inv. 648
Maker unknown, 17th cent.
Optical toy
Inv. 3196
Jean-François Niceron, 1642
Optical toy
Inv. 3197
Ludovico Buti, Italian, 1593
Pedometer
Inv. 3384
Christoph Schissler, Hans Christoph Schissler [attr.], German, second half 16th cent.
Phial
Inv. 3800
Maker unknown, Tuscany, 17th cent.
Plane astrolabe
Inv. 660, 1092
Maker unknown, Tuscany?, 17th cent.
Plane astrolabe
Inv. 1106
Maker unknown, German?, 16th cent.
Plane astrolabe
Inv. 1096
Hans Dorn [attr.], German, 1483
Plane astrolabe
Inv. 1107
Maker unknown, French?, 13th cent.
Plane astrolabe
Inv. 1285
Maker unknown, Italian, 1568
Plane astrolabe
Inv. 1113
Maker unknown, Arab, 10th cent.
Plane astrolabe
Inv. 1109
Maker unknown, Arab, 14th cent. (?)
Plane astrolabe
Inv. 1114
Christoph Schissler, Augsburg, 1560
Plates
Inv. 285, 294, 295, 297
Maker unknown, Tuscany, 17th cent.
Plates
Inv. 286, 287, 289, 290, 292, 293, 296, 299, 300, 337, 338
Maker unknown, Tuscany, 17th cent.
Plumb level
Inv. 3184
Maker unknown, 17th cent.
Plumb level
Inv. 3604
Maker unknown, 17th cent.
Polyhedral dial
Inv. 126
David Beringer, G.P. Seyfried, Nuremberg, between 1777 and 1821
Polyhedral dial
Inv. 2456
Stefano Buonsignori, Florence, 1587
Polyhedral dial
Inv. 2458
Stefano Buonsignori, Florence, late 16th cent.
Polyhedral dial
Inv. 2460
Girolamo della Volpaia, Florence, 1590
Polyhedral dial
Inv. 2495
Maker unknown, 17th cent.
Polyhedral dial
Inv. 3261
Maker unknown, Italian, mid-17th cent.
Polyhedral dial
Inv. 3193
Girolamo della Volpaia [attr.], Florence, late 16th cent.
Polyhedral dial
Inv. 2477
Maker unknown, German, late 16th cent.
Polyhedral dial
Inv. 2459
Stefano Buonsignori [attr.], Florence, late 16th cent.
Portable quadrant
Inv. 2513
Maker unknown, 17th cent.
Portable quadrant
Inv. 2513
Maker unknown, 17th cent.
Proportional and surveying compasses
Inv. 2510
Georg Zorn, Augsburg, 1618
Proportional compasses
Inv. 2512
Jost Miller, Strasbourg, 1616
Proportional compasses
Inv. 650
Maker unknown, 17th cent.
Protractor
Inv. 3182
David Usslaub, German, 1599
Protractor
Inv. 683, 2526
Maker unknown, 16th cent.
Quadrans vetus
Inv. 662
Maker unknown, German?, late 14th cent. - early 15th cent.
Quadrant
Inv. 1495, 2465
Tobias Volckmer, Braunschweig, 1608
Quadrant
Inv. 2522
Maker unknown, Naples, 1553
Quadrant
Inv. 2544, 3187
Carlo Renaldini, Italian, 1667
Quadrant
Inv. 2523
Jean Giamin, Rome, late 16th cent.
Quadrant
Inv. 2521
Giovanni Battista Giusti [attr.], Italian, 1556
Quadrant with Easter scale
Inv. 2518
Josua Habermel [attr.], German, ca. 1600
"Radio latino"
Inv. 619
Carlo Doni, Italian, 17th cent.
"Radio latino"
Inv. 647
Maker unknown, Italian, late 16th cent.
Reduction compass
Inv. 3686
Maker unknown, 17th cent.
Reduction compass
Inv. 655
Maker unknown, 17th cent.
Reduction compass
Inv. 633
Maker unknown, 17th cent.
Reel
Inv. 617
Maker unknown, German, 16th cent.
Refraction dial
Inv. 241
Simone Barocci [attr.], Urbino, second half 16th cent.
Scaphe dial
Inv. 2533
Maker unknown, Italian, 17th cent.
Scaphe multiple dial
Inv. 2485
Stefano Buonsignori, Florence, 1584
"Serpent" chalice
Inv. 341/33
Maker unknown, Tuscany?, 17th cent.
Single-handed dividers
Inv. 1478
Maker unknown, 17th cent.
Single-handed dividers
Inv. 1479
Maker unknown, 17th cent.
Small cup
Inv. 80
Maker unknown, Tuscany, 17th cent.
Stand
Inv. 3802
Maker unknown, Tuscany, 17th cent.
Stands
Inv. 709
Maker unknown, German, 16th cent.
Stem
Inv. 87
Maker unknown, Tuscany, 17th cent.
Sundial
Inv. 246
Carlo Plato [attr.], Rome, 1578
Sundial
Inv. 2488
Camillo della Volpaia, Florence, 1542
Surveying compass
Inv. 144
Baldassarre Lanci, Florence or Siena, 16th cent.
Surveying compass
Inv. 2508
Maker unknown, Italian, 17th cent.
Surveying compass
Inv. 3687
Urbino workshop, 16th cent.
Surveying compass
Inv. 1471
Maker unknown, Italian, 17th cent.
Surveying compass
Inv. 3371
Maker unknown, 17th cent.
Surveying compass
Inv. 2506
Matteo Botti, Giovanbattista Botti, Italian, 17th cent.
Surveying instrument
Inv. 152, 3165
Baldassarre Lanci, Italian, 1557
Surveying instrument
Inv. 643
Christoph Trechsler, German, 1572
Surveying instrument
Inv. 691
Wentzel Jamnitzer, Nuremberg, ca. 1575
Surveying rod
Inv. 693
Maker unknown, German, 16th cent.
Surveying rods
Inv. 2536, 2537
Maker unknown, German, 16th cent.
Surveyor's square
Inv. 680
Maker unknown, Urbino, 1654
Surveyor's square
Inv. 681
Domenico Lusverg, Rome, 1710
Tall-stem chalice
Inv. 318
Maker unknown, Tuscany, late 16th cent. - early 17th cent.
Telescope
Inv. 3377
Maker unknown, 1650-1670
Telescope for Torricelli's lens
Inv. 2554
Evangelista Torricelli (Objective) / Tube: maker unknown, Objective: 1647 / Tube: second half 18th cent. (?)
Terrestrial globe
Dep. SBAS, Firenze
Vincenzo Coronelli, 1696
Terrestrial globe
Inv. 2698
Willem Jansz Blaeu, published by Joan Blaeu ca. 1645-1648
Terrestrial globe
Inv. 2701
Matthäus Greuter, Rome, 1632
Terrestrial globe
Inv. 354
Willem Jansz Blaeu, published by Joan Blaeu ca. 1645-1648
Terrestrial globe
Loan INAF-Arcetri
Willem Jansz Blaeu, 1622 / published ca. 1630
Terrestrial globe
Inv. 353
Willem Jansz Blaeu, published by Joan Blaeu ca. 1645-1648
Terrestrial globe
Inv. 2699
Guillaume Delisle, Paris, 1700 / after 1708
Terrestrial globe
Inv. 2363
Vincenzo Coronelli, Venice, 1688 / after 1691
Terrestrial globe
Inv. 2365
Vincenzo Coronelli, Venice, 1688 / after 1691
Terrestrial telescope
Inv. 2548
Jacques Tendre de Moulina, French?, first half 18th cent.
Terrestrial telescope
Inv. 3458
John Marshall [attr.], English, late 17th cent.
Terrestrial telescope
Inv. 3185
Giuseppe Campani, Italian, 1665
Terrestrial telescope
Inv. 2564
John Marshall [attr.], English, 1690-1720
Terrestrial telescope
Inv. 2562
Johann Wiesel [attr.], German, ca. 1650
Terrestrial telescope
Inv. 2561
John Marshall [attr.], English, 1690-1720
Terrestrial telescope
Inv. 2560
Maker unknown, Italian, late 17th cent.
Terrestrial telescope
Inv. 2551
Giuseppe Campani, Rome, ca. 1664
Terrestrial telescope
Inv. 2552
Eustachio Divini, 1660-1670
Terrestrial telescope
Inv. 2558
Maker unknown, English, early 18th cent.
Terrestrial telescope
Inv. 2556
Giuseppe Campani, Rome, 1666
Terrestrial telescope
Inv. 2550
Giovanni Battista Magnelli, Italian, 1695
Terrestrial telescope
Inv. 2549
Maker unknown, English or German?, first half 18th cent.
Theodolite
Inv. 149
Maker unknown, 17th cent.
Theodolite
Inv. 154
Erasmus Habermel, Prague, late 16th cent.
Theodolite
Inv. 150
Michael Bumel, Nuremberg, 1625
Three-legged compass
Inv. 1480
Maker unknown, Italian, 17th cent.
Triangulation instrument
Inv. 3164
Baldassarre Lanci [attr.], Florence, 16th cent.
Triangulation instrument
Inv. 668
Paolo Massucci, Lucca, 1604
Trigonometric machine
Inv. 689
John Marke, London, 1670
Trigonometric quadrants
Inv. 2529, 2637
Christoph Schissler [attr.], German, late 16th cent.
Tripod base
Inv. 2538
Maker unknown, German, 16th cent.
Tripod legs
Inv. 2538
Maker unknown, German, 16th cent.
Vase
Inv. 341/36
Maker unknown, Tuscany, 17th cent.
Vases
Inv. 2064, 2065
Maker unknown, 16th cent.
Vases with handles
Inv. 316, 317
Maker unknown, Tuscany, late 16th cent. - early 17th cent.
Vases with spouts
Inv. 257, 275
Maker unknown, Tuscany, late 16th cent. - early 17th cent.
Vertical dial
Inv. 2534
Maker unknown, German, ca. 1600
Viviani's paper-ribbon hygrometer
Inv. 2436
Maker unknown, second half 17th cent.
Viviani's paper-ribbon hygrometer
Inv. 2, 2438
Maker unknown, second half 17th cent.
Viviani's paper-ribbon hygrometer
Inv. 1, 2439
Maker unknown, second half 17th cent.
Viviani's paper-ribbon hygrometer
Inv. 3, 2437
Maker unknown, second half 17th cent.
Viviani's rope hygrometer
Inv. 799
Vincenzo Viviani [attr.], Italian, second half 17th cent. (oldest part)