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Petrarch

Italian scholar and poet (1304-1374)

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Field of work
Philosophy

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Images by Petrarch

3 images from works
  • Hülff, Trost und Rath in allem Anligen der Menschen ... zwei Trostbücher, von Artznei und Rath beyde im gůten und widerwertigen Glück / [Francesco Petrarca].
  • Hülff, Trost und Rath in allem Anligen der Menschen ... zwei Trostbücher, von Artznei und Rath beyde im gůten und widerwertigen Glück / [Francesco Petrarca].
  • Hülff, Trost und Rath in allem Anligen der Menschen ... zwei Trostbücher, von Artznei und Rath beyde im gůten und widerwertigen Glück / [Francesco Petrarca].

Images featuring Petrarch

4 images from works
  • Poets: twenty portraits. Engraving by J.W. Cook, 1825.
  • The melancholic figure of a poet leaning on an inscribed block of stone. Engraving by A.B., 16--, after J. de Ribera, ca. 1620.
  • Guy de Chauliac bandaging the leg of Pope Clement VI at Avignon, while Petrarch, his enemy, jealous of his influence, watches him, ca. 1348. Oil painting by Ernest Board.
  • Six Italian men of letters. Engraving after G. Vasari, 1543.

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15 works

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    Hülff, Trost und Rath in allem Anligen der Menschen ... zwei Trostbücher, von Artznei und Rath beyde im gůten und widerwertigen Glück / [Francesco Petrarca].

    Petrarca, Francesco, 1304-1374 | Date: 1559
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    Invective contra medicum / Testo latino e volgarizzamento di ser Domenico Silvestri.

    Petrarca, Francesco, 1304-1374. | Date: 1950
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    Prose antiche di Dante, Petrarcha, et Boccaccio et di molti altri nobili et virtvosi ingegni nouamente raccolte.

    | Date: 1547
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    • Online

    De remediis utriusque fortunae.

    Petrarca, Francesco, 1304-1374. | Date: 1492
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    Trionfi. Sonetti e canzoni / [Francesco Petrarca].

    Petrarca, Francesco, 1304-1374. | Date: 1490
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Dante Alighieri
Giovanni Boccaccio

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History of Medicine
Italy

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