Machiavelli, Niccolò di Bernardo dei

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Portrait by Santi di Tito, c. 1550–1600 (Source: Wikimedia)

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Basic data

  1. May 3, 1469 in Florenz
  2. †
    June 21, 1527 in Florenz
  3. Philosoph, Schriftsteller

Iconography

Portrait by Santi di Tito, c. 1550–1600 (Source: Wikimedia)
Oil painting of Machiavelli by Cristofano dell'Altissimo (Source: Wikimedia)
Machiavelli's tomb in the Santa Croce Church in Florence (Source: Wikimedia)
Lorenzo di Piero de' Medici, to whom the final version of The Prince was dedicated (Source: Wikimedia)
Engraved portrait of Machiavelli, from the Peace Palace Library's Il Principe, published in 1769 (Source: Wikimedia)
Xenophon, author of the Cyropedia (Source: Wikimedia)
Statue at the Uffizi (Source: Wikimedia)
Francis Bacon argued the case for what would become modern science which would be based more upon real experience and experimentation, free from assumptions about metaphysics, and aimed at increasing control of nature. He named Machiavelli as a predecessor. (Source: Wikimedia)
John Adams admired Machiavelli's rational description of the realities of statecraft. Adams used Machiavelli's works to argue for mixed government. (Source: Wikimedia)
Portrait of a Gentleman (Cesare Borgia), used as an example of a successful ruler in The Prince (Source: Wikimedia)
Peter Withorne's 1573 translation of The Art of War (Source: Wikimedia)

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