Matteo Botti


Matteo Botti was an Italian scientific instrument maker.
Botti came from a Cremonese family on which Cosimo I de' Medici conferred Florentine citizenship. He was a member of the Accademia degli Alterati and the Accademia Fiorentina. He undertook various missions abroad as an ambassador for Ferdinand I and Cosimo II. In 1591, he was made a Knight of the Order of Saint Stephen.