Petrarca, Francesco

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Portrait by Altichiero, c. 1370–1380 (Source: Wikimedia)

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Altichiero,_ritratto_di_Francesco_Petrarca.jpg

Basic data

  1. Petrarch, Franz Alternative Names
  2. July 20, 1304 in Arezzo
  3. †
    July 19, 1374 in Arquà
  4. Dichter, Geschichtsschreiber, Humanist, Schriftsteller, Philosoph
  5. Avignon, Mailand, Venedig, Arquà

Iconography

Portrait by Altichiero, c. 1370–1380 (Source: Wikimedia)
Santa Maria della Pieve in Arezzo (Source: Wikimedia)
La Casa del Petrarca (birthplace) at Vicolo dell'Orto, 28 in Arezzo (Source: Wikimedia)
Summit of Mont Ventoux (Source: Wikimedia)
Petrarch's Arquà house near Padua where he retired to spend his last years (Source: Wikimedia)
Original lyrics by Petrarch, found in 1985 in Erfurt (Source: Wikimedia)
Petrarch's Virgil (title page) (c. 1336) Illuminated manuscript by Simone Martini, 29 x 20 cm Biblioteca Ambrosiana, Milan. (Source: Wikimedia)
The Triumph of Death, or The 3 Fates. Flemish tapestry (probably Brussels, c. 1510–1520). Victoria and Albert Museum, London. The three Fates, Clotho, Lachesis and Atropos, who spin, draw out and cut the thread of life, represent Death in this tapestry, as they triumph over the fallen body of Chastity. This is the third subject in Petrarch's poem "The Triumphs". First, Love triumphs; then Love is overcome by Chastity, Chastity by Death, Death by Fame, Fame by Time and Time by Eternity (Source: Wikimedia)
Petrarch revived the work and letters of the ancient Roman Senator Marcus Tullius Cicero (Source: Wikimedia)
Laura de Noves (Source: Wikimedia)
Dante Alighieri, detail from a Luca Signorelli fresco in the chapel of San Brizio, Duomo, Orvieto. (Source: Wikimedia)
Statue of Petrarch on the Uffizi Palace, in Florence (Source: Wikimedia)
Petrarch's tomb at Arquà Petrarca (Source: Wikimedia)
Bildnis des Francesco Petrarca, Friedrich Rossmäßler - 1817 (Quelle: Digitaler Portraitindex)
Bildnis des Pétrarque, Achille Devéria (ungesichert) - 1801/1866 (Quelle: Digitaler Portraitindex)
Bildnis des Francesco Petrarca, Friedrich Rossmäßler - 1817 (Quelle: Digitaler Portraitindex)
Bildnis des Francesco Petrarch, Robert Hart - 1833/1861 (Quelle: Digitaler Portraitindex)
Bildnis des Francesco Petrarca, Friedrich Rossmäßler - 1817 (Quelle: Digitaler Portraitindex)
Bildnis des François Petrarque, Etienne Desrochers - 1683/1741 (Quelle: Digitaler Portraitindex)
Bildnis des Francesco Petrarca, Friedrich Rossmäßler - 1817 (Quelle: Digitaler Portraitindex)
Bildnis des Francesco Petrarca, 1861/1920 (Quelle: Digitaler Portraitindex)
Bildnis des Petrarca, Ernst Ludwig Riepenhausen (zugeschrieben) - 1801/1833 (Quelle: Digitaler Portraitindex)
Bildnis des Franciscus Petrarcha, 1601/1700 (Quelle: Digitaler Portraitindex)

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