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Galileo Galilei presenting his telescope at the Medici court. Tempera on plaster by Luigi Catani, 1816 (Firenze, Palazzo Pitti, Quartiere Borbonico o Nuovo Palatino, sala 15).
Galileo Galilei presenting his telescope at the Medici court. Tempera on plaster by Luigi Catani, 1816 (Firenze, Palazzo Pitti, Quartiere Borbonico o Nuovo Palatino, sala 15).
© Palazzo Pitti, Firenze / Renato Idra

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