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VI.7 Lens with mount
Maker: unknown
Date:16th cent.
Materials:rock crystal, wood
Dimensions:lens diameter 60 mm, height 182 mm
Current inventory:2586
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Biconcave diverging lens mounted in a wooden ring with a finely turned handle. In the old inventories it is described as "said to be that of Leo X" since a celebrated painting by Raphael shows Pope Leo X with a similar lens in his hands.

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