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print
Object Type
print
Museum number
1872,1012.4001
Title
Object:
Galileo Galilei
Description
Portrait of Galileo seated in a chair, half-length, facing front, and holding a telescope with his right hand; after Passignani Engraving
Producer name
Print made by:
Pietro Bettelini
Intermediary draughtsman:
Tommaso Minardi
After:
Franz Ludwig Wilhelm Baron von Reden
School/style
Italian
Production date
1819-1825
Materials
paper
Technique
engraving
Dimensions
Height:
444 millimetres
(trimmed)
Width:
316 millimetres
(trimmed)
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments
This print was probably published in Rome by the dedicator, Fabri, during Baron von Reden's tenure there as Hanover's envoy to the Holy See.
Location
Not on display
Associated names
Portrait of:
Galileo
Associated with:
Franz Ludwig Wilhelm Baron von Reden
Associated with:
Luigi Fabri
Acquisition name
Purchased from:
Edward Daniell
Acquisition date
1872
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
1872,1012.4001