A half-bust portrait of Galileo Galilei by the Flemish court painter Justus Sustermans, dated to 1635, showing Galileo in his early seventies with light falling on his face as he looks upward and outside the frame. Commissioned by Elia Diodati, a friend and correspondent of Galileo's in Paris. The primary version is held at the Uffizi Gallery, Florence; a second version is held at the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich. 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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MediumSourced to the subject's own accountOil on canvas, consistent with Sustermans' portrait practice across his decades as principal court painter to the Medici grand dukes in Florence. 1 Classification
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This source names Florence directly: "The primary version is held at the Uffizi Gallery, Florence; a second version is held at the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich."
Source Galileo Galilei (Wikipedia, artwork source)
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The portrait's sole subject, Sustermans' best known image of Galileo.
Source Galileo Galilei (Wikipedia, artwork source)
Additional Source Justus Sustermans (Wikipedia)
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Portrait of Galileo Galilei, (shown at right) oil on canvas (National Maritime Museum, Greenwich)
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1. Galileo Galilei (Wikipedia, artwork source)
WikipediaLead section, identifying Galileo Galilei
Galileo di Vincenzo Bonaiuti de' Galilei (15 February 1564-8 January 1642), commonly referred to as Galileo Galilei or mononymously as Galileo, was an Italian astronomer, physicist, engineer and polymath.
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A half-bust portrait of Galileo Galilei by the Flemish court painter Justus Sustermans, dated to 1635, showing Galileo in his early seventies with light falling on his face as he looks upward and outside the frame.
- In Group: Portraits of Scientists, article identifies the sitter as a central figure of the Scientific Revolution
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WikipediaDepicts: Galileo GalileiQuote, Depicts: Galileo Galilei
A half bust showing Galileo's face on which the light source falls and looking upwards outside the frame.
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