Renaissance humanist Leon Battista Alberti is considered by many scholars to be the quintessential "universal man" of learning. He painted, designed buildings, and wrote on numerous subjects, including art, science, philosophy, grammar and cryptography.
Leon Battista Alberti
The Medieval and Renaissance History Portrait Gallery
This statue of Alberti can be found at the Uffizi Gallery, Florence.
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