Portrait of Daniel Bernoulli
Date
ca.1750s
Sitter
Daniel Bernoulli (1700 - 1782) , Mathematician
Creator
Johann Jakob Haid (1704, German) , Engraver
After
Johann Rudolf Huber (1668 - 1748, Swiss) , Painter
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Dimensions
height (print): 310mm
width (print): 190mm
width (print): 190mm
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Description
Half-length portrait of Daniel Bernouilli, turned slightly to the right [as viewed] and looking out at the viewer. He wears a tasselled, military-style jacket with a white wig, and is draped in a velvet curtain. He leans on a ceramic column, just visible under his right arm. Enclosed by an ornate frame.
Inscribed below: ‘DANIEL BERNOULLIUS
Med. D. Professor honorarius Academia Imper.
Petropolitanae, Anatomiae et Botaniae P.P.O in Academiae Basileensi […]’
Daniel Bernoulli (1700-1782) Swiss mathematician and physicist was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1750.
Inscribed below: ‘DANIEL BERNOULLIUS
Med. D. Professor honorarius Academia Imper.
Petropolitanae, Anatomiae et Botaniae P.P.O in Academiae Basileensi […]’
Daniel Bernoulli (1700-1782) Swiss mathematician and physicist was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1750.
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