File:Galileo Galilei 2.jpg

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Summary

Francesco Porcia: Galileo Galilei, 1564-1642  wikidata:Q50885730 reasonator:Q50885730
Artist
Domenico Tintoretto  (1560–1635)  wikidata:Q706519
 
Domenico Tintoretto
Alternative names
Domenico Robusti
Description Italian painter
Date of birth/death 1560 Edit this at Wikidata 17 May 1635 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Venice Venice
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artist QS:P170,Q706519
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Title
Portrait of Galileo Galilei
Object type painting
object_type QS:P31,Q3305213
Genre portrait Edit this at Wikidata
Description
As Latin did not have a separate letter 'U' and 'V' was used for 'V' and 'U' alike, the inscription on the picture reads "Gallileus Gallileus, Math(ematic)us", i.e.: a latinized version of Galilei's name, and a short form for "mathematicus", i.e.: "mathematician".
Depicted people Galileo Galilei Edit this at Wikidata
Date circa 1602-1607
Medium oil on canvas
medium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q12321255,P518,Q861259
Dimensions height: 66 cm (25.9 in) Edit this at Wikidata; width: 53.3 cm (20.9 in) Edit this at Wikidata
dimensions QS:P2048,+66U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,+53.3U174728
institution QS:P195,Q1199924
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Inscriptions

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GALLILEUS // GALLILEUS // MATHUS:
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Galileo Galilei, portrait by Domenico Tintoretto, ca. 1605

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