Galileo Galilei. Line engraving by C. Audran the elder after F. Villamena, 1655-56.
- Villamena, Francesco, approximately 1566-1624.
- Date:
- 1641
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- 3354i
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Above left, a winged genius writing a book and holding compasses; right, a winged genius reading a book with one eye and looking through a telescope with the other eye
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1641
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1 print : engraving
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Galilaeus Galilaei Lynceus philosophicus et mathematicus ser.mi Hetruriae magni ducis. Cl. Audran fecit.
References note
Roger-Armand Weigert, Inventaire du fonds français, graveurs du XVIIe siècle, tome premier, Bibliothèque nationale, Département des estampes, Paris 1939, pp. 120-121, Claude I Audran no. 16 ("16. Pl. pour : Galilée, trad. de Bernegger (Mathias), Systema cosmicum. Lugduni, Huguetan, 1641. In-4to. Galilée. Buste, de 3/4 à dr., dans une bordure ovale, accompagnée d'un encadrement décoratif. Sur l'ovale: 'Galilaeus ... [etc.]'. A la g. du bas: 'Cl. Audran fecit'. H. 0m180 x L. 0m132. L'état décrit … .")
R. Burgess, Portraits of doctors & scientists in the Wellcome Institute, London 1973, no. 1070.3
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Wellcome Collection 3354i
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