An anonymous 1620 portrait of the astronomer Johannes Kepler, its painter unrecorded in either source consulted, held in the Thomasstift, the collegiate foundation of the Thomaskirche in Strasbourg. The portrait is the original from which the reproduction used as the lead infobox image of Kepler's English Wikipedia article descends, itself dated only as "after 1620 original" without naming the Strasbourg holding directly; the German-language Kepler article supplies that detail. Painted during the years Kepler spent in Linz as imperial mathematician, following the 1611-1612 upheavals that had driven him from Prague, it is among the earliest securely dated likenesses of him. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Object TypeSourced to the subject's own account In Other Languages (61 names)
- Johannes Kepler
- يوهانس كبلر
- كيبلر
- জহান্স কেপলাৰ
- İohann Kepler
- یوهانس کپلر
- Йоһанн Кеплер
- Juohanesos Kepleris
- Іаган Кеплер
- Ёган Кеплер
- Йохан Кеплер
- ইয়োহানেস কেপলার
- Йоһаннес Кеплер
- Кеплер, Иоганн
- یۆھانس کێپلەر
- Ghjuvanni Kepleru
- Γιοχάνες Κέπλερ
- Johano Keplero
- יוהנס קפלר
- योहानेस केप्लर
- Յոհան Կեպլեր
- Giovanni Keplero
- ヨハネス・ケプラー
- jo'anes. kepler.
- იოჰანეს კეპლერი
- Иоганн Кеплер
- ಜೊಹಾನ್ಸ್ ಕೆಪ್ಲರ್
- 요하네스 케플러
- Iohannes Keplerus
- Johanness Keplers
- Јоханес Кеплер
- ജൊഹാൻസ് കെപ്ലർ
- Иоханнэс Кеплер
- ဂျိုဟန်နက်စ် ကပ်ပလာ
- یوهان کپلر
- योहानेस् केप्लर
- ਜੋਹਾਨਸ ਕੈਪਲਰ
- یوہانس کپلر
- Йоган Кеплер
- Йоганн Кеплер
- योहानेस केप्लर्
- Кеплер Иоганн
- يوھانس ڪيپلر
- ජොහන්නස් කෙප්ලර්
- جان کیپلر
- Јохан Кеплер
- Ye-han-ni-se-ke’-pu-le’ 約翰尼斯克卜勒
- யோகான்னசு கெப்லர்
- జోహాన్స్ కెప్లర్
- Юҳон Кеплер
- โยฮันเนิส เค็พเพลอร์
- Иоһанн Кеплер
- کپلر
- Iogann Kepler
- Kepler Johannes
- 约翰内斯·开普勒
- יאהאנעס קעפלער
- 開普勒
- 祖漢尼斯·開普勒
- ዮሐንስ ከፕለር
- ߖߏߤߊߣߍߛ ߞߋߔߑߟߊ߫
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Prague, Cities This source names Prague directly: "upheavals that had driven him from Prague, it is among the earliest securely dated likenesses of him."
Source Johannes Kepler, German Wikipedia
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Derived: this work depicts a figure already recorded as belonging to this tradition; the work-to-tradition link is inferred from that live depicts edge and the figures own attested tradition affiliation, not independently sourced beyond it.
Depicts
The portrait's sole subject, its earliest securely dated likeness.
Source Johannes Kepler, German Wikipedia
Additional Source Johannes Kepler Portrait, English Wikipedia
Sources
1. Johannes Kepler, German Wikipedia
WikipediaLead section, identifying Kepler (German Wikipedia)
Johannes Kepler , auch Johannes Keppler oder Johann Kepler, auch latinisiert Ioannes Keplerus oder Johannes Keplerus (* 27. Dezember 1571jul. / 6. Januar 1572greg. in Weil der Stadt; † 5. Novemberjul. / 15. November 1630greg. in Regensburg), war ein deutscher Astronom, Physiker, Mathematiker, Astrologe und Naturphilosoph.
catalogue record, medium/object-type description
An anonymous 1620 portrait of the astronomer Johannes Kepler, its painter unrecorded in either source consulted, held in the Thomasstift, the collegiate foundation of the Thomaskirche in Strasbourg.
- In Group: Portraits of Scientists, article identifies the sitter as a central figure of the Scientific Revolution
View the Source Johannes Kepler Portrait, English Wikipedia
WikipediaDepicts: Johannes KeplerQuote, Depicts: Johannes Kepler
Portrait, c. 1910, after 1620 original.
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