Portrait of Pierre Louis de Maupertuis
Date
mid 18th century
Sitter
Pierre Louis Moreau de Maupertuis (1698 - 1759, French) , Astronomer
Creator
Johann Jacob Haid (1704 - 1767, German) , Engraver
After
Robert Tournières (1667 - 1752, French) , Artist
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Dimensions
height (print): 350mm
width (print): 252mm
width (print): 252mm
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Description
Three quarter-length portrait of Pierre Louis de Maupertuis, turned to the right [as viewed], looking directly out at the viewer. With a long dark robe, with fur lining, fur hat and fur scarf, his hand resting upon a globe and a mountainous landscape in the background.
Inscribed below: ‘PETRVS LVDOVICVS MOREAV DE MAUVPERTVIS
Membrum primarium regiae Acad Scient. Pari […]
Tournières pinx. I. Iac. Haid Dc. Aug Vaid’
Engraving from MS/648/5 Collectanea Newtoniana. A collection of prints and original artworks relating to Sir Isaac Newton, compiled and arranged by Charles Turnor, 1837.
Pierre Louis Moreau de Maupertuis (1698-1759), French mathematician, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1728.
Inscribed below: ‘PETRVS LVDOVICVS MOREAV DE MAUVPERTVIS
Membrum primarium regiae Acad Scient. Pari […]
Tournières pinx. I. Iac. Haid Dc. Aug Vaid’
Engraving from MS/648/5 Collectanea Newtoniana. A collection of prints and original artworks relating to Sir Isaac Newton, compiled and arranged by Charles Turnor, 1837.
Pierre Louis Moreau de Maupertuis (1698-1759), French mathematician, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1728.
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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