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Objective lens
    • Setting:
      Room IX
    • Maker:
      Jacopo Mariani
    • Place:
      Florence
    • Date:
      1660-1670
    • Materials:
      glass
    • Dimensions:
      diameter 70 mm
    • Inventory:
      2632
    • Objective lens (Inv. 2632)

Objective lens with a diameter of 70 mm, a thickness at the center of 4 mm, and a focal length of 3,600 mm. It is chipped on the edge, probably because of a forced mounting in a ring. The glass has a slight red tint and contains many small elliptical bubbles. Still partially legible along the circumference is the inscription "Jacopo Mari... Fior...," which allows a definite attribution to Jacopo Mariani.