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  • Portrait of Nicolaus Copernicus holding an armillary sphere
    • Creator: Marco Basaiti
    • Technique: steel engraving
    • Date: 19th century
    • Description: According to the inscription on the engraving it was commissioned by Prince Henryk Lubomirski in the mid-19th c. It illustrates an alleged portrait of Nicolaus Copernicus kept in Lubomirski's collection. Lost during WWII, the painting was attributed to Marco Basaiti as indicated in the inscription: M. BASAITI FACIEBAT MDXII. The date of origin – 1512 – is questionable and so is the name of Nicolaus Copernicus as the person depicted. The person portrayed is holding an armillary sphere and compasses in his right hand. There is an astrolabe – an attribute of astronomers – on the left
    • 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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