PaintingsUnidentified culture18th century

Galileo Galilei (1564-1642), after Justus Suttermans (1597-1681)

18th century

Artists

Unidentified ArtistArtist

Justus SuttermansArtist after

Galileo GalileiSitter

Description

Harvard owns another portrait of Galileo, also copied from the Sustermanns original. See object number H182. The original painting by Justus Suttermans is in the Uffizi Gallery, Florence, Italy.

Classification

Paintings

Medium

Oil on canvas

Culture

Unidentified culture

Century

18th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Harvard University Portrait Collection

Dimensions

59.7 x 53.3 cm (23 1/2 x 21 in.) framed: 90.2 x 81.9 x 12.1 cm (35 1/2 x 32 1/4 x 4 3/4 in.)

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