Public Lecture
Museum of the History of Science, Broad Street, Oxford
'A portrait of Hevelius: the Astronomer and his Artists'
by Dr Inga Elmqvist Söderlund
Director of the Observatory Museum, Stockholm
Tuesday, 25 October 7 pm
This year is the 400th anniversary of the birth of the famous Polish
astronomer Johannes Hevelius. In 1679 he presented his portrait by
Andreas Stech to Oxford University. It has recently returned from an
exhibition in Gdańsk. Stech was one of the many painters and engravers
who cooperated with Hevelius to create some of the finest illustrated
books on astronomy ever made. This talk focuses on the portrait and the
illustrations in Hevelius’s books.
Admission free
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