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Print, Portrait of Galileo Galilei (1562-1642)

This is a Print. It was print maker: Adamo Fioroni and after Francesco Villamena. It is dated ca. 1830 and we acquired it in 1931. Its medium is engraving on paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Sarah Cooper Hewitt and Eleanor Garnier Hewitt. It is credited Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt.

Its dimensions are

Plate: 21.8 × 15.4 cm (8 9/16 × 6 1/16 in.) Paper: 30 × 20.6 cm (11 13/16 × 8 1/8 in.)

It is inscribed

Inscribed around the oval: "Galileo Galilei linceo filosofo e matematico del... Duca de Tosc.;" Along lower margin: "Copia...Villamena...1613"; lower left: "Fioroni inc."

Cite this object as

Print, Portrait of Galileo Galilei (1562-1642); Print Maker: Adamo Fioroni; After Francesco Villamena (ca.1566 – 1626); Italy; engraving on paper; Plate: 21.8 × 15.4 cm (8 9/16 × 6 1/16 in.) Paper: 30 × 20.6 cm (11 13/16 × 8 1/8 in.); Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt; 1931-94-96

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