Turners of the Early Modern Period in Tuscany

Tuscany

• Ferdinando I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (1549 – 1609) – The Medici were known as patrons of science and the arts. The famous turner Giovanni Ambrogio Maggiore was known to be working for the Medici court in Florence in 1597-98.
• Ferdinando II de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (1610-1670) – Ferdinand II employed the Treffler brothers for the mechanical arts in his court.
• Cosimo III de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (1670-1723) – Cosimo was the son of Grand Duke Ferdinando II. He commissioned a rose engine made by Christoph Treffler.
• Johann Philipp Treffler (1625-1698) – Treffler was originally from Augsburg (Germany) but worked in Florence. Treffler was named clockmaker of Grand Duke Ferdinand II in 1656, along with his brother Christoph. He also worked for Galileo.
• Christoph Treffler - Christoph worked with his brother Johann Philipp as clockmaker for the Grand Duke Ferdinand II. He trained the Florentine Jacopo Mariani to turn. He also made a rose engine for Cosimo III.
• Philipp Senger – Senger was called from Copenhagen to Florence to be the court turner for Grand Duke Cosimo III where he instructed the Duke's two sons Ferdinand and Giovanni Gasone as turners. Senger worked at the court form 1675 to 1704.
• Jacopo Mariani – Mariani apprenticed with Christoph Treffler and worked for Grand Duke Cosimo III.

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