Portrait of Gemma Frisius
Date
1682
Sitter
Gemma Frisius (1508 - 1555, Dutch) , Jemme Reinerszoon, Physician
Creator
Edme de Boulonois (1642, Flemish) , Engraver
Object type
Archive reference number
Manuscript page number
v6 p115
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (Plate): 183mm
width (Plate): 134mm
width (Plate): 134mm
Subject
Description
Portrait of Gemma Frisius engraved by Edme de Boulonois for the publication of Isaac Bullert, Académie des Sciences et Arts contenant les vies et éloges his. des hommes illustres qui ont excellé en ces professions depuis environ quatre siècles (Brussel: François Foppens, 1682). Framed with coloured slips of decorative pattern.
Gemma Frisius (1508-1555) was a Dutch mathematician and cartographer. He had a workshop making globes and mathematical instruments. He was also a surveyor and developed the method of triangulation.
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).
Gemma Frisius (1508-1555) was a Dutch mathematician and cartographer. He had a workshop making globes and mathematical instruments. He was also a surveyor and developed the method of triangulation.
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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