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  • The death of Nicolaus Copernicus
    • Creator: Aleksander Lesser
    • Technique: oil painting on canvas
    • Date: ca. 1873
    • Description: The painting represents the ailing Nicolaus Copernicus seated in an armchair and surrounded by friends and fellow Warmian canons in his residence in Frombork (Frauenburg). The astronomer is leafing through a printed copy of his De revolutionibus. It is highly unlikely in fact that a scene like this took place. The painting was commissioned to commemorate the 400th anniversary of the great astronomer
    • Location: Regional Museum in Toruń

Contact

Nicolaus Copernicus University Library
Gagarina 13
87-100 Toruń
Poland

International Centre for Copernican Studies
Bojarskiego 1
87-100 Toruń
Poland

About the project

Partnership

Urząd Miasta Torunia

Copernicus 550

World Copernican Congress

 

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