Niccolò di Bernardo dei Machiavelli – Biographical information from Henze-Digital

Back

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

Image source

Wikimedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Portrait_of_Niccol%C3%B2_Machiavelli.jpg

Basic data

May 3, 1469 in Florenz
†

June 21, 1527 in Florenz
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)

Bildnis des Nicolaus Machiavellus, Johann Georg Mentzel - 1714 (Quelle: Digitaler Portraitindex)

Bildnis des Nicolaus Machiavellus, Johann Franck (zugeschrieben) - 1688 (Quelle: Digitaler Portraitindex)

Bildnis des Nicolo Machiavelli, P. Pinchard - 1601/1700 (Quelle: Digitaler Portraitindex)

Bildnis des Nicolaus Machiavelus Florentinus, Boissard, Robert - 1597/1599 (Quelle: Digitaler Portraitindex)

Bildnis des Nicolas Machiavel, Michel Odieuvre - 1755 (Quelle: Digitaler Portraitindex)

Bildnis des Nicolas Machiavel, Unbekannt - 1683 (Quelle: Digitaler Portraitindex)

Bildnis des Nicolò Machiavelli, Bollinger, Friedrich Wilhelm - 1818/1832 (Quelle: Digitaler Portraitindex)

Bildnis des Nicolò Machiavelli, Bollinger, Friedrich Wilhelm - 1818/1832 (Quelle: Digitaler Portraitindex)

Bildnis des Nicolo Machiavelli, P. Pinchard - 1677/1680 (Quelle: Digitaler Portraitindex)

Bildnis des Nicolas Machiavel, Achille Devéria - 1817/1857 (Quelle: Digitaler Portraitindex)

Documents

Biographical information from Henze-Digital

No additional biographical data recorded

Wikipedia

ADB

NDB

GND

GND Beacon Links

XML

Proposed citation

Hans Werner Henze's network of artists. Digital letter edition, https://henze-digital.zenmem.de/A000A829 (Version 4.0.0 of April 30, 2024)

If you've spotted some error or inaccurateness please do not hesitate to inform us via henze-digital [@] zenmem.de.

Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft