Francesco Rondinelli | |
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![]() Francesco Rondinelli | |
Born | |
Died | 30 January 1665 | (aged 75)
Resting place | Basilica of San Lorenzo, Florence |
Alma mater | University of Pisa |
Occupations |
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Parent(s) | Raffaello Rondinelli Ortensia Rondinelli |
Writing career | |
Language | Italian |
Literary movement | |
Notable works | Relazione del contagio stato in Firenze l’anno 1630, e 1633 |
Francesco Rondinelli (4 October 1589 – 30 January 1665) was a Florentine scholar and academic of the Seicento.
Francesco Rondinelli was born in Florence on October 4, 1589 to Raffaello and Ortensia Rondinelli. He studied at the University of Pisa. [1] Rondinelli was a prominent member of the Accademia Fiorentina and of the Accademia della Crusca. [2] He participated in the drafting of the third edition of the Vocabolario degli Accademici della Crusca (Vocabulary of the Members of the Accademia della Crusca, 1691). Rondinelli was also a member of the Accademia degli Svogliati, founded in Florence by Jacopo Gaddi, and of the Accademia degli Apatisti. [2] In 1635, Ferdinando II de' Medici awarded him the position of Librarian of the Grand Duchy of Tuscany, and appointed him tutor to the future Grand Duchess, Vittoria della Rovere. [2] Rondinelli was a close friend of Alessandro Adimari, Gabriello Chiabrera, Fulvio Testi, Carlo Roberto Dati and Michelangelo Buonarroti the Younger. [1] He devised the programme for Pietro da Cortona's fresco cycle in the so-called Planetary Rooms at Palazzo Pitti. [3]
Rondinelli’s masterpiece is the Relazione del Contagio Stato in Firenze l’anno 1630 e 1633, an account of the epidemic that struck Florence in the early 1630s. [2] The work was commissioned to Rondinelli by the Grand Duke Ferdinando II and is based official records and interviews with survivors. [4] A carefully crafted narrative written in an elegant Italian prose, the Relazione was first published in 1634 and reissued in 1714. [2] The second edition contained additional material on all the major epidemics which had occurred throughout the world. The Preface of this later edition contains a brief biography of Rondinelli.
Rondinelli wrote a biography of the Florentine humanist Bernardo Davanzati, published at Florence in 1638 and reissued several times thereafter. [5]
Francesco Rondinelli | |
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![]() Francesco Rondinelli | |
Born | |
Died | 30 January 1665 | (aged 75)
Resting place | Basilica of San Lorenzo, Florence |
Alma mater | University of Pisa |
Occupations |
|
Parent(s) | Raffaello Rondinelli Ortensia Rondinelli |
Writing career | |
Language | Italian |
Literary movement | |
Notable works | Relazione del contagio stato in Firenze l’anno 1630, e 1633 |
Francesco Rondinelli (4 October 1589 – 30 January 1665) was a Florentine scholar and academic of the Seicento.
Francesco Rondinelli was born in Florence on October 4, 1589 to Raffaello and Ortensia Rondinelli. He studied at the University of Pisa. [1] Rondinelli was a prominent member of the Accademia Fiorentina and of the Accademia della Crusca. [2] He participated in the drafting of the third edition of the Vocabolario degli Accademici della Crusca (Vocabulary of the Members of the Accademia della Crusca, 1691). Rondinelli was also a member of the Accademia degli Svogliati, founded in Florence by Jacopo Gaddi, and of the Accademia degli Apatisti. [2] In 1635, Ferdinando II de' Medici awarded him the position of Librarian of the Grand Duchy of Tuscany, and appointed him tutor to the future Grand Duchess, Vittoria della Rovere. [2] Rondinelli was a close friend of Alessandro Adimari, Gabriello Chiabrera, Fulvio Testi, Carlo Roberto Dati and Michelangelo Buonarroti the Younger. [1] He devised the programme for Pietro da Cortona's fresco cycle in the so-called Planetary Rooms at Palazzo Pitti. [3]
Rondinelli’s masterpiece is the Relazione del Contagio Stato in Firenze l’anno 1630 e 1633, an account of the epidemic that struck Florence in the early 1630s. [2] The work was commissioned to Rondinelli by the Grand Duke Ferdinando II and is based official records and interviews with survivors. [4] A carefully crafted narrative written in an elegant Italian prose, the Relazione was first published in 1634 and reissued in 1714. [2] The second edition contained additional material on all the major epidemics which had occurred throughout the world. The Preface of this later edition contains a brief biography of Rondinelli.
Rondinelli wrote a biography of the Florentine humanist Bernardo Davanzati, published at Florence in 1638 and reissued several times thereafter. [5]