Plate 9: Lorenzo de' Medici founding the Platonic Academy, beneath a coffered arch, standing to the right of a statue of Plato, with contemporary philosophers, Marsilio Ficino, Giovanni Pico della Mirandola, Angelo Ambrogini (Il Poliziano), and Cristoforo Landino
Object type: Print
Department: Drawings and Prints
Artist: Giovanni Pico della Mirandola|Francesco Furini|Angelo Poliziano|Lorenzo de' Medici|Plato|Cristoforo Landini|Marsilio Ficino|Giovanni Elia Morghen|Carlo Gregori
Artist bio: Italian, Mirandola 1463–1494 Florence|Italian, Florence 1603–1646 Florence|Italian, Montepulciano 1454–1494 Florence|Italian, Florence 1449–1492 Florence|Greek, ca. 427 BCE–347 BCE|Italian, Pratovecchio Stia 1424–1498 Borgo alla Collina|Italian, Figline Valdarno 1433–1499 Florence|Italian, 1721–after 1789|Italian, Florence 1719–1759 Florence
Artist role: Subject|Artist|Subject|Subject|Subject|Subject|Subject|Artist|Artist
Artist nationality: Italian|Italian|Italian|Italian|Greek|Italian|Italian|Italian|Italian
Date: 1746
Medium: Engraving
Dimensions: Sheet (Trimmed): 25 11/16 × 15 1/4 in. (65.2 × 38.8 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1951
Accession year: 1951