page_title: Philip Mazzei
hierarchical_section_title: Philip Mazzei
caption_attribution_description: Italiano: Ritratto di Filippo Mazzei, Paris, Louvre
context_page_description: Filippo Mazzei was an Italian physician, winemaker, and arms dealer. A close friend of Thomas Jefferson, Mazzei acted as an agent to purchase arms for Virginia during the American Revolutionary War.
context_section_description: Filippo Mazzei ([matˈtsei], but sometimes erroneously cited with the name of Philip Mazzie; Poggio a Caiano, December 25, 1730 – Pisa, March 19, 1816) was an Italian physician, winemaker, and arms dealer. A close friend of Thomas Jefferson, Mazzei acted as an agent to purchase arms for Virginia during the American Revolutionary War.
caption: Philip Mazzei; portrait by 
  Jacques-Louis David (c.1790)
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