- Item type
- Object
- Provenance
- Bequeathed by G. H. Gabb in 1948. Gabb Collection.
- Primary inscriptions
- Prnted label mounted beneath photo: 'The original portrait of Galileo by D. Tintoretto, in oil, painted about 1605-07, when Galileo was from 41 to 43 years of age.'.
- Other inscriptions
- Gabb Bequest label.
- Dimensions
- Height: 178mm Width: 146mm
- Inventory No
- 12095
- Accession Number
- 1949-15
Description
Photograph (toned gelatine print, brownish in colour) of the Tintoretto portrait of Galileo; framed and glazed. Frame moulding damaged.
Gabb was an authority on the portraiture of Galileo and a collector of portraits of scientists, so although of little intrinsic worth this attractively framed photograph is an interesting personal item. Companion of 10745.
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