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Born October 19, 1433 • Italy
Died October 1, 1499 (aged 65) • Italy
Subjects Of Study Plato • Plotinus • soul

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Marsilio Ficino, depicted on a bronze coin, c. 1499; in the Samuel H. Kress Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Ficino, bronze medal from the school of N. Fiorentino, c. 1499; in the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
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