Water-lifting System by Camillo Agrippa

In 1588, Agrippa’s water-lifting innovation captivated the attention and praise of Andrea Bacci but that turned out to be one of the very last references of the technology. Just years later, in 1592, the early contemporary Roman waterway, the Acqua Felice, was linked to the Medici’s villa, probably making the device outmoded. Although it is more likely that it Visit Website was merely disposed of when Ferdinando relinquished his cardinalship and went back to Florence, ensuring his position as the Grand Duke of Tuscany, after the loss of his brother, Francesco di Medici, in 1588. Even though there were various other relevant water-driven designs either designed or built during the late sixteenth century, including scenographic water exhibits, giochi d’acqua or water caprices, and musical water fountains, not one was nourished by water like Agrippa’s device.