| RefNo | P/0048 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Portrait of Galileo Galilei |
| Artist | Unknown |
| Date | c.1850 |
| Description | Head and shoulders, left profile. He was born in 1564 and died in 1642, and was not a Fellow. His study of mathematics and astronomy won him international fame |
| Caption | Galileo Galilei (1564-1642)
Copy after Justus Sustermans
Oil on canvas
Galileo was an Italian astronomer, engineer and polymath, he held the Chair of Mathematics in Pisa and later taught at the University of Padua. He designed and built his own telescopes and used them to observe the changing phases of the planet Venus, confirming his belief in the heliocentric model of the Solar System. He is shown here around 70 years old, with his gaze directed beyond the frame of the painting.
P/0048 |
| ObjectName | Painting |
| Materials | Oil on canvas |
| Dimensions | 609 x 508 mm |
| Notes | Robinson, Norman H and Forbes, Eric G 'The Royal Society catalogue of portraits' (London: Royal Society, 1980) |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| Copyright | The Royal Society |
| RelatedMaterial | Colour transparency, Box N101; Colour negative, Box N101. IM/001594 |
| RelatedRecord | IM/001594 |
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