Antonio Cocchi
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1745
Medal in bronze. Obverse side, a man wearing a curled wig, in profile facing to the right, wearing classical style drapery. On the reverse side there are two figures in classical style drapery.
Alongside the figures there are books, long pipes?, an urn on a stand, and a serpent entwined around a stick (a medical symbol). Antonio Cocchi was born into an educated medical family in Tuscany. When in London, he met the scientist Sir Isaac Newton (1642-1727) and Hermann Borhaave, with whom he corresponded. On his return to Italy he became Professor of Medicine at Pisa University and Professor of Philosophy and Anatomy at the University in Florence.
Evidence at a glance
- Linked sources
- 1
- Photograph views
- 2
- Catalogue references
- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Dimensions
- Diameter 8.57 cm
- Materials and techniques
- Bronze, lost wax casting
Technical characteristics
- Place recorded
- Italy
Identification
- Candidate id
- vam-O312279
- Museum object number
- A.11-1966
- Source note
- Facts transcribed from the linked single-object source. Wider type attribution and authenticity have not been independently verified.
Catalogue references
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