E_pur_si_muove.jpg
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Summary
Galileo in prison ( ) | |||||||
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Author |
unknown. One of its former owners had attributed it to
Bartolomé Esteban Murillo
, but recent investigations have cast doubt on that attribution.
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Title | |||||||
Object type |
painting
object_type QS:P31,Q3305213
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Description |
English:
Galileo is depicted as holding a nail and gazing at diagrams he has scratched on the wall of his prison cell. The words "E pur si muove" (only partially legible in this image) appear on the wall below a diagram of the Earth orbiting the Sun.
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Date | 19th century (estimated) | ||||||
Medium | painting | ||||||
Source/Photographer | Campo & Campo auction house | ||||||
Permission
( Reusing this file ) |
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