Axial Commons Image Treasury
Oil painting of a white-bearded man in a dark robe holding dividers, with a celestial globe and armillary sphere behind him on a table.

A philosopher with a celestial globe. Oil painting, ca. 162-.

An elderly bearded man in a dark robe rests his chin on his hand at a table, holding a pair of dividers, while a celestial globe and brass armillary sphere stand behind him beside an open book and scattered papers. The oil painting uses dark, warm shadows and a gilded frame to focus attention on the scholar's pensive gaze.

Artist
Unknown
Date
[162?-?]
Medium
Oil paintings Paintings
Source
Wellcome Collection
Size
4000 × 3026 px
Download full size
Public domain · Wellcome Collection marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 172.
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: Public Domain Mark (Wellcome Collection)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Wellcome Collection

Español: Un filósofo con un globo celeste

Un hombre anciano de barba blanca, con túnica oscura, apoya la mano en el mentón mientras sostiene un compás sobre una mesa. Detrás se ven un globo celeste y una esfera armilar de latón, junto a un libro abierto y papeles dispersos.

Português: Um filósofo com um globo celeste

Um homem idoso de barba branca, vestindo uma túnica escura, apoia o queixo na mão enquanto segura um compasso sobre a mesa. Atrás dele, veem-se um globo celeste e uma esfera armilar de latão, ao lado de um livro aberto e papéis espalhados.

More from The Zodiac and the Stars

Woodcut of a standing nude man covered in zodiac signs and numbered bloodletting points, under a Latin title in black letter on an aged page.Opusculum mire egregium de naturis et qualitatibus quatuor temporum anni duodecimque mensiEngraving of a helmeted warrior with shield below a winged angel holding a sword, looking upward; Latin text beneath reads MARS.Astronomy: Mars with sword and shield, an angel above, looking heavenward. Engraving by N.Woodcut of a nude bearded man at center, body marked with organs, surrounded by zodiac animals and figures on aged paper.Allmanach auff das 1581 jar ... / Durch Petrum Slovacium gestellet auff den Meridian der kBlack and white engraving of a wooded landscape with oxen pulling a plough, a bull in the cloudy sky, and a winding road to a distant village.Twaalf maandenColoured engraving of a card with two circular dials: a globe on the left and a star chart on the right, above mountain peaks.Geography: two rotating discs (volvelles) showing the times at different places compared tRed-toned engraving of a young woman in a cap and draped gown leaning on a table beside an armillary sphere, with trees and a tower behind her.A young woman, seated outdoors, with an armillary sphere or similar instrument, looking pe