Gallery›Wellcome Collection›An old man wearing spectacles and his four pupils experiment using optical instruments and materials. Line engraving by F. Pedro after F. Maggiotto.
An old man wearing spectacles and his four pupils experiment using optical instruments and materials. Line engraving by F. Pedro after F. Maggiotto.
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An old man wearing spectacles and his four pupils experiment using optical instruments and materials. Line engraving by F. Pedro after F. Maggiotto.

Francesco Maggiotto

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Lettering: Des moments de plaisir, et de jours de torurmens. De notre être imparfait voilà les elemens. Francus. Pedro scul. apud Nic. Cavalli Venetus. ; Francus. Maggiotto pinx.

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