Credit: ©The Royal Society
    Image number: RS.17161

    Portrait of Vincenzo Carafa

    Date
    17th century
    Sitter
    Vincenzo Carafa (1585 - 1649, Italian) , Clergyman
    Creator
    Unknown, Artist
    Object type
    Archive reference number
    Manuscript page number
    v6 p37
    Material
    Technique
    Dimensions
    height (plate): 172mm
    width (plate): 137mm
    Subject
    Description
    Engraved portrait of Vincenzo Carafa by an unknown artist. Framed with coloured slips of decorative pattern.

    Vincenzo Carafa (1585-1649) was an Italian Jesuit priest who initiated the writing of a history of the Jesuit order, executed by Daniello Bartoli and published as the Istoria della Compagnia di Gesù (Rome, 1650-73).

    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
    Associated place
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