⚔

Author unknown

Toruń portrait of Nicolaus Copernicus

tempera on board 1585

The most famous portrait of Nicolaus Copernicus, most probably painted in the 1780s. Some attribute the painting to Marcus Gheeraerts, a painter residing in the Netherlands and London and associated with the famous de Bry family of engravers. The engraving by Theodorus de Bry included in Boissard’s publication of 1597 bears a striking resemblance to the Toruń portrait. Formerly the property of the Protestant Academic Gymnasium (Grammar School), the Toruń portrait is currently held by the Regional Museum and displayed in the Burghers Chamber of the Town Hall.

Regional Museum in Toruń

(via NICOLAUS COPERNICUS THORUNENSIS - Toruń portrait of Nicolaus Copernicus)

liquidnight:

Friedrich von Amerling (1803-1887)

In Traumen Versunken
Oil on canvas
Private collection

[via exclamationmark:snowce]

prismes:

Picasso - Mujer en Blanco

prismes:

Teodor Axentowicz - “Redhair” (no estoy segura)

lotusohm:

Woman Reading by Teodor Axentowicz

anatematiza:

Georg Friedrich Händel (1685-1759)

Él, junto a Mozart, Vivaldi y Beethoven, son responsables de lo que yo soy como persona. Considerado uno de los más grandes genios del Barroco, fue la primera música que escuché en mi vida, estando en el vientre de mi mamá. Y a Händel le tengo un amor excepcional. Es, posiblemente, mi compositor favorito of all times.

Capturer8

(via Capturer8 - Vox)