Credit: ©The Royal Society
    Image number: RS.17193

    Portrait of Athanasius Kircher

    Date
    1678
    Sitter
    Athanasius Kircher (1602 - 1680, German) , Polymath
    Creator
    Unknown, Artist
    Object type
    Archive reference number
    Manuscript page number
    v6 p195
    Material
    Technique
    Dimensions
    height (page): 301mm
    width (page): 187mm
    Description
    Engraving in an oval frame of a half-length portrait of Athanasius Kircher at the age of 76 in front of a book case, included in Georgius de Sepibus, Romani Collegii Societatis Jesu Musaeum Celeberrimum (Amsterdam: Jansson-Waesbergen, 1678).

    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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