Credit: ©The Royal Society
    Image number: RS.17159

    Portrait of Marco Antonio de Dominis

    Date
    ca.1617
    Sitter
    Marco Antonio de Dominis (1560 - 1624, Croatian) , Clergyman
    Creator
    John Bill, Artist
    After
    Michiel Jansz. van Miereveld (1567, Dutch) , Painter
    Object type
    Archive reference number
    Manuscript page number
    v6 p27
    Material
    Technique
    Dimensions
    height (plate): 287mm
    width (plate): 190mm
    Subject
    Description
    Engraving of Marco Antonio de Dominis, seated half-length, with books and writing tools. Engraving by Bill John, after Michiel Jansz. van Miereveldt.

    Marco Antonio de Dominis (1560-1624) was a Dalmatian ecclesiastic, Archbishop of Spalatro and Dean of Windsor.

    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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