Portrait of Galileo Galilei
Date
early 19th century
Sitter
Galileo Galilei (1564 - 1642, Italian) , Astronomer
Creator
Pietro Antonio Leone Bettelini (1763 - 1829, Italian) , Engraver
Tommaso Minardi (1787 - 1871, Italian) , Draughtsman
Tommaso Minardi (1787 - 1871, Italian) , Draughtsman
After
Domenico Cresti Passigano (1559 - 1638, Italian) , Artist
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Dimensions
height (print): 357mm
width (print): 265mm
width (print): 265mm
Subject
Description
Head and shoulders portrait of Galileo Galilei, turned to the left [as viewed], looking directly out at the viewer. With a dark robe and white necktie, holding a telescope.
Inscribed below: ‘Passignani dipinse Tommaso Minardi disegno Pietro Bettellini incise’
Engraving from MS/648/6 Collectanea Newtoniana. A collection of prints and original artworks relating to Sir Isaac Newton, compiled and arranged by Charles Turnor, 1837.
Galileo Galilei (1564-1642), Italian astronomer and physicist, was not a Fellow of the Royal Society.
Inscribed below: ‘Passignani dipinse Tommaso Minardi disegno Pietro Bettellini incise’
Engraving from MS/648/6 Collectanea Newtoniana. A collection of prints and original artworks relating to Sir Isaac Newton, compiled and arranged by Charles Turnor, 1837.
Galileo Galilei (1564-1642), Italian astronomer and physicist, was not a Fellow of the Royal Society.
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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