BHC2700

Galileo Galilei (1564-1642) Long Caption: A half-length portrait painted for the Pandolfini Palace in Florence. The sitter is dressed in black, wears a white beard and is seated in a chair holding a vellum telescope in his right hand. His left hand rests on the arm of the chair and he wears a ring on his fourth finger. He faces forward towards the viewer. The sitter was an Italian astronomer and experimental philosopher. He invented the refracting telescope which enabled him to see that the Moon had mountains and that Jupiter had satellites. Credit line: © National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London Object: BHC2700 Artist: Justus Sustermans Date: circa 1639 Medium: oil on canvas Size: 867 mm x 686 mm Click here to buy a bespoke print of this image.