Portrait of Galileo Galilei (1562-1642)
An engraved oval portrait of Galileo Galilei, a bearded man in a dark robe with a fur collar, set within an ornate architectural frame topped by a shell motif and two winged putti. Inscription runs around the oval, and a small Italian caption sits below the plate.
- Artist
- Adamo Fioroni
- Date
- ca. 1830
- Medium
- Engraving on paper
- Source
- Smithsonian (Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum)
- Size
- 1934 × 2781 px
Public domain · Smithsonian (Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum) releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1835).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Smithsonian Open Access)
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Smithsonian Open Access)
Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Smithsonian Institution, Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum