Astronomy: two rival mathematicians, Urinaal and Raasbollius, argue about models of the solar system. Engraving by P. Tanjé, 1758, after C. Troost, 1741, after by P. Langendijk, 1715.

  • Troost, Cornelis, 1697-1750.
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1758
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46324i
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An episode in the play The mathematicians by P. Langendijk, 1715

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Amsterdam : P. Fouquet junior

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1 print : etching with line engraving ; image 29.2 x 23.8 cm

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De wiskonstenaars of het gevluchte juffertje. Opgedragen aan den Heere Jan Jacob de Bruyn, beminnaar der schilderkunst; door zyn Ed. d w dienaar P. Fouquet junior. ; C. Troost pinxit. ; P. Tanjé fecit. All the lettering is repeated in French

References note

E. Buijsen, editor, Cornelis Troost en het theater: tonelen van de 18de eeuw, Zwolle, 1993, pp 72-73

Reference

Wellcome Collection 46324i

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"Het origineel schildery is berustende in het cabinet van de Heer de Bruyn."; now, 1999, in the Mauritshaus in the Hague

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