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LEONARDO AGOSTINI

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Originally appearing in Volume V01, Page 381 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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AGOSTINI  , See also:Italian See also:antiquary of the 17th See also:century, was See also:born at See also:Siena . After being employed for some See also:time to collect See also:works of See also:art for the See also:Barberini See also:palace, he was appointed by See also:Pope See also:Alexander VII. See also:superintendent of Antiquities in the See also:Roman states . He issued a new edition of See also:Paruta's Sicilian Medals, with engravings of 400 additional specimens; and in See also:conjunction with Giovanni Bellori (1615–1696) he also published a See also:work on See also:antique sculptured gems, which was translated into Latin by See also:Jakob See also:Gronovius (See also:Amsterdam, 1685) .

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