Portrait of Nicolaus Copernicus

Portrait of Nicolaus Copernicus

  • Creator: Teodor Edward Knorr
  • Technique: oil painting on canvas
  • Date: 1838
  • Description: Portrait of Nicolaus Copernicus by the little-known artist T. Knorr (signature in the central part of the painting, on the right side of the figure) from the mid-19th c. Artistically, it is an unsuccessful travesty of Copernicus' portrait formerly held by the Academic Gymnasium of Toruń
  • Location: Copernican Library in Toruń