Portrait of Galileo
Date
1635
Sitter
Galileo Galilei (1564 - 1642, Italian) , Astronomer
Creator
Jacob van der Heyden (1573 - 1645, German) , Artist
Object type
Archive reference number
Manuscript page number
v6 p19
Material
Dimensions
height (plate): 184mm
width (plate): 136mm
width (plate): 136mm
Subject
Description
Portrait of Galileo, engraved by Jacob van der Heyden (1573-1645) for the frontispiece of Galileo's Systema cosmicum... in quo quatuor dialogis, de duobus maximis mundi systematibus, Ptolemaico et Copernicano, trans. by Matthias Bernegger from Italian into Latin (Strassburg: D. Hauttius for the Elzevirs [at Leiden], 1635).
From a set of albums known as Collectanea Newtoniana, a selection of prints, original artwork and manuscripts relating to Newton, collected by Charles Turnor (1768-1853). Turnor was an astronomer, collector and Fellow of the Royal Society. He owned Woolsthorpe Manor (Newton’s birthplace).
From a set of albums known as Collectanea Newtoniana, a selection of prints, original artwork and manuscripts relating to Newton, collected by Charles Turnor (1768-1853). Turnor was an astronomer, collector and Fellow of the Royal Society. He owned Woolsthorpe Manor (Newton’s birthplace).
Related fellows
Isaac Newton (1642 - 1727, British) , Natural philosopher
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