Portrait Johannes Hevelius
Sitter
Johannes Hevelius (1611 - 1687, German/Polish) , Astronomer
Creator
John Faber the elder (1650 - 1721, Dutch) , Engraver
Creator - Organisation
Thomas Bakewell, Publisher
After
Daniel Schultz (1615 - 1683, polish) , the younger, Artist
Object type
Image reference
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 165mm
width (print): 128mm
height (paper support): 178mm
width (paper support): 140mm
width (print): 128mm
height (paper support): 178mm
width (paper support): 140mm
Subject
Description
Half-length portrait of Johannes Hevelius in an interior with a bookcase to the right and draped curtain to the left as viewed. He has shoulder length hair and is dressed in a robe with chain detail around the neck. He holds a quill in his right hand, which is resting on an open book or journal.
Inscribed ‘IOHANNES HEVELIUS Dantiscanus & c.Done from the Original Painting in ye Publ: Lib: att Oxford sold by Tho Bakewell next the Horn Tavern in Fleetstreet.’ Pencilled ‘1664’ on paper support.
Johannes Hevelius (1611-1687) Polish astronomer, elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1664.
Provenance: Noted in Catalogue of the prints in the possession of the Royal Society, by Henry George Plimmer FRS (1856-1918), manuscript, p32.
Inscribed ‘IOHANNES HEVELIUS Dantiscanus & c.Done from the Original Painting in ye Publ: Lib: att Oxford sold by Tho Bakewell next the Horn Tavern in Fleetstreet.’ Pencilled ‘1664’ on paper support.
Johannes Hevelius (1611-1687) Polish astronomer, elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1664.
Provenance: Noted in Catalogue of the prints in the possession of the Royal Society, by Henry George Plimmer FRS (1856-1918), manuscript, p32.
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