Galileo Galilei. Wood engraving by L. Dumont after H. Rousseau.

  • Rousseau, Henri (Portrait artist)
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3375i
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Portrait in an arched niche. Below, attributes of Galileo, including an "Inquisizione" issued by Pope Urban VII, books, scrolls, an armillary sphere, a hissing snake, a prisoner's chains, a diagram of the solar system, a laurel wreath, and a telescope

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1 print

Contributors

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H. Rousseau ; L. Dumont

References note

R. Burgess, Portraits of doctors & scientists in the Wellcome Institute, London 1973, no. 1070.23

Reference

Wellcome Collection 3375i

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