Portrait of Bernard le Bovier de Fontenelle
Date
mid 18th century
Sitter
Bernard le Bovier de Fontenelle (1657 - 1757, French) , Natural philosopher
Creator
Ange-Laurent de La Live de Jully (1725, French) , Printmaker
After
Guillaume Voiriot (1713 - 1799, French) , Painter
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height (print): 215mm
width (print): 210mm
width (print): 210mm
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Description
Seated portrait of Bernard le Bovier de Fontenelle, wearing a turban, a fur-trimmed robe and neck cloth. In the foreground an open book is visible and in the background an armillary sphere.
In a frame inscribed above ‘BERNARD DE FONTENELLE’ and below: ‘A MADAME
Philosophe profonde simple avec eloquence […]’
Engraving from MS/648/4, Collectanea Newtoniana. A collection of prints and original artworks relating to Sir Isaac Newton, compiled and arranged by Charles Turnor, 1837.
Bernard le Bovier de Fontenelle (1657-1757), French natural philosopher, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1733.
In a frame inscribed above ‘BERNARD DE FONTENELLE’ and below: ‘A MADAME
Philosophe profonde simple avec eloquence […]’
Engraving from MS/648/4, Collectanea Newtoniana. A collection of prints and original artworks relating to Sir Isaac Newton, compiled and arranged by Charles Turnor, 1837.
Bernard le Bovier de Fontenelle (1657-1757), French natural philosopher, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1733.
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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