Portrait of Kenelm Digby
Date
late 17th century
Sitter
Kenelm Digby (1603 - 1665, British) , Natural philosopher
After
Anthony van Dyck (1599 - 1641, Flemish) , Painter
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Dimensions
height (print): 380mm
width (print): 252mm
width (print): 252mm
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Description
Half-length portrait of Kenelm Digby, turned to the right [as viewed], one hand held against his chest, looking directly out at the viewer, with an astronomical quadrant visible in the background.
Inscribed below: ‘A Van Dyck’
Engraving from MS/648/2, Collectanea Newtoniana. A collection of prints and original artworks relating to Sir Isaac Newton, compiled and arranged by Charles Turnor, 1837.
Sir Kenelm Digby (1603-1665), British natural philosopher and courtier, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1663.
Inscribed below: ‘A Van Dyck’
Engraving from MS/648/2, Collectanea Newtoniana. A collection of prints and original artworks relating to Sir Isaac Newton, compiled and arranged by Charles Turnor, 1837.
Sir Kenelm Digby (1603-1665), British natural philosopher and courtier, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1663.
Object history
Charles Turnor presented his Collectanea Newtoniana. Being a selection of the most authentic engraved portraits of Sir Isaac Newton Knt., and other eminent Philosophers Mathematicians and Distinguished Men … to the Royal Society in 1837.
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