Portrait of Johannes Hevelius
Date
mid 18th century
Sitter
Johannes Hevelius (1611 - 1687, German/Polish) , Astronomer
Creator
John Faber (1694 - 1756, Dutch) , Engraver
After
Andreas Stech (1635 - 1697, Polish) , Painter
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Dimensions
height (page): 390mm
width (print): 287mm
width (print): 287mm
Subject
Description
Half-length portrait of Johannes Hevelius with hair long, a white necktie, dark robes, his hand resting on a book. Behind, shelving holding books and ornaments is visible. In an oval frame. From a portrait by Andreas Stech in the Bodleian Library, Oxford.
Inscribed below: ‘I: Faber Excudit
Iohannes Hevelous Dantiscanus & c
Doen from the Original Painting in the Publ: Lib: att Oxford’
Engraving from MS/648/3, Collectanea Newtoniana. A collection of prints and original artworks relating to Sir Isaac Newton, compiled and arranged by Charles Turnor, 1837.
Johannes Hevelius (1611-1687) Polish astronomer was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1664.
Inscribed below: ‘I: Faber Excudit
Iohannes Hevelous Dantiscanus & c
Doen from the Original Painting in the Publ: Lib: att Oxford’
Engraving from MS/648/3, Collectanea Newtoniana. A collection of prints and original artworks relating to Sir Isaac Newton, compiled and arranged by Charles Turnor, 1837.
Johannes Hevelius (1611-1687) Polish astronomer was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1664.
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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