(1732–1807) Joseph Jérôme Lefrançois de Lalande Lalande in Art: Fragonard, Jean-Honoré (1732-1806) Jérôme de La Lande c.1769 Petit Palais, Paris Born July 11 1732 Bourg-en-Bresse (France) Died April 4 1807 Paris (France) Buried Cimetière du Père Lachaise (Paris) Occupation Astronomer
Ribera, Jusepe de (1591-1652) L’Astronomo (The Astronomer) 1638 Oil on canvas, 78.4 x 97.8 cm Worcester Art Museum, Worcester
(1564–1642) Galileo di Vincenzo Bonaiuti de’ Galilei Works: • Discourse on Floating Bodies (English) • The Sidereal Messenger of Galileo Galilei (English) Galileo in Art: Sustermans, Justus (1597-1681) Ritratto di Galileo Galilei 1635 Galleria degli Uffizi, Firenze Born February…
Vermeer, Jan (1632-1675) The Astronomer (De astronoom) 1668 Oil on canvas 51 x 45 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris Celestial globe by J. Hondius (1600) and astronomy manual by Metius (1621) opening to the chapter devoted to the stars, with engraving…
• Galilei, Galileo (1564-1642) • Lalande, Jérôme (1732-1807)