Portrait of Nicolò Castelli
Date
late 18th century
Sitter
Nicolò Castelli (1661, Italian) , Scholar
Creator
Gottlieb Leberecht Crusius (1730 - 1804, German) , Engraver
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height (print): 253mm
width (print): 182mm
width (print): 182mm
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Description
Portrait of Nicolò Castelli, turned to the left [as viewed], looking directly out at the viewer. With a long wig, satin shawl and white necktie, in oval frame inscribed: ‘NICOL. DI. CASTELLI’
Inscribed below: ‘Crusius fecit lips’
Engraving from MS/648/6 Collectanea Newtoniana. A collection of prints and original artworks relating to Sir Isaac Newton, compiled and arranged by Charles Turnor, 1837.
Nicolò Castelli (1661 - ?), Italian scholar, was not a Fellow of the Royal Society.
Inscribed below: ‘Crusius fecit lips’
Engraving from MS/648/6 Collectanea Newtoniana. A collection of prints and original artworks relating to Sir Isaac Newton, compiled and arranged by Charles Turnor, 1837.
Nicolò Castelli (1661 - ?), Italian scholar, was not a Fellow of the Royal Society.
Object history
Charles Turnor presented his Collectanea Newtoniana. Being a selection of the most authentic engraved portraits of Sir Isaac Newton Knt., and other eminent Philosophers Mathematicians and Distinguished Men … to the Royal Society in 1837.
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