Back فرانسيسكو الجاروتى ARZ Francesco Algarotti Catalan Francesco Algarotti Welsh Francesco Algarotti German Φραντσέσκο Αλγκαρόττι Greek Francesco Algarotti Spanish Francesco Algarotti Estonian Francesco Algarotti Finnish Francesco Algarotti French Francesco Algarotti Galician
Francesco Algarotti | |
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.jpg) Portrait by Jean-Étienne Liotard (1745), Rijksmuseum, on parchment | |
| Born | 11 December 1712 |
| Died | 3 May 1764 (aged 51) |
| Nationality | Venetian |
| Alma mater | Sapienza University of Rome University of Bologna |
| Occupation | Philosopher |
Count Francesco Algarotti (11 December 1712 – 3 May 1764) was an Italian polymath, philosopher, poet, essayist, anglophile, art critic and art collector. He was a man of broad knowledge, an expert in Newtonianism, architecture and opera. He was a friend of Frederick the Great and leading authors of his times: Voltaire, Jean-Baptiste de Boyer, Marquis d'Argens, Pierre-Louis de Maupertuis and the atheist Julien Offray de La Mettrie. Lord Chesterfield, Thomas Gray, George Lyttelton, Thomas Hollis, Metastasio, Benedict XIV and Heinrich von Brühl were among his correspondents.[1]
- ^ Eighteenth Century Bibliography. "Francesco Algarotti Bibliography". C18.com. Archived from the original on 17 June 2018. Retrieved 18 February 2012.