Giambattista Della Porta Collection

Three nose types, 17th century
Three nose types. 17th-century artwork comparing three noses in profile: small, medium and large. This artwork was published in a study of physiognomy

17th Century science publication. Front page of Natural magick... wherein are set forth all the riches and delights of the natural sciences published in 1658 by the Italian polymath John Baptista

Giambattista della Porta, Italian scholar
Giambattista della Porta (circa 1535-1615), Italian scholar and polymath. Della Porta wrote on a vide variety of subjects, including cryptography, physiognomy, meteorology, optics, astronomy

Aquatic plants, 16th century artwork. These plants include tribulum delineatum (spiny plant, possibly tribulus terrestris), palustrem nymphaem (marshy plant) and marinum muscum (sea moss)

Ocular plants, 16th century artwork. These floral plants include sedum album, wolfs bane (aconitum), and houseleek (sempervivum tectorum)

Digital plants, 16th century artwork. These digital (hand-like) plants include orchis maculata and colchicum autumnale. Artwork from the book Phytognomonica (Naples)

Giambattista della Porta Italian polymath
Giambattista della Porta (1535-1615), Italian scholar and polymath. Della Porta was born near Naples into a noble family and was tutored by the many learned visitors his father entertained

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