Image of Copernicus

Image of Copernicus

  • Creator: Walkiewicz Władysław
  • Technique: lithography
  • Date: 1873
  • Description: Representation of Copernicus holding an object symbolising the heliocentric pattern in his left hand based on a copy of an oil painting by the Italian painter Ridolfo Curado (known as Ghirlandaio). Half-length figure of the astronomer with his hair gently swept back, a copy of Copernicus' signature beneath
  • Location: Copernican Library in Toruń