Portrait of Galileo Galilei Francesco Allegrini

Portrait of Galileo Galilei by Francesco Allegrini

Fine art poster
Fine art poster

  • Amazing giclée print quality
  • 240gsm thick fine art print paper
  • 100+ year colour guarantee
  • Dimensions:
    • x cm including border ( x in)
    • x cm excluding border ( x in)
£17.95

Framed picture
Framed picture

  • Premium wooden frame with a thick bevel-cut mount
  • Fully strung, ready-to-hang
  • 100+ year colour guarantee
  • Dimensions:
    • x cm including border ( x in)
    • x cm excluding border ( x in)
£17.95

Canvas
Canvas

  • 400gsm artist grade cotton
  • Giclée fine art print
  • 100+ year colour guarantee
  • European kiln-dried knotless pine
  • Dimensions:
    • x cm including border ( x in)
    • x cm excluding border ( x in)
£17.95

Postcard
Postcard

  • Printed on 320gms thick art paper
  • Blank reverse for your own message
  • Dimensions:
    • x cm including border ( x in)
    • x cm excluding border ( x in)
£17.95

Greetings card
Greetings card

  • Printed on 324gms thick Mohawk paper
  • Blank inside for your own message
  • Supplied with envelopes and protective cellophane sleeves
  • Dimensions:
    • x cm including border ( x in)
    • x cm excluding border ( x in)
£17.95

Image information

Share
Tweet
Close

Product images of Portrait of Galileo Galilei

Portrait of Galileo Galilei by Francesco Allegrini
Robust packaging
Detail of Portrait of Galileo Galilei by Francesco Allegrini
Portrait of Galileo Galilei by Francesco Allegrini zoom

Portrait of Galileo Galilei

Head and shoulders portrait of Galileo Galilei, turned to the left [as viewed], looking directly out at the viewer. With a dark robe and white necktie, holding a telescope. From a portrait in the collections of the National Maritime Museum, Royal Museums Greenwich.

Inscribed below: ‘Il divino Galileo di Vincenzio Galilei

patrizio fior. filos. e matem.

di Ferdinando II G.D. di Toscana.

Nato il dì XVIII febb. MDLXIV morto il dì VIII genn. MDCXLII.

Alla profonda dottrina, ed universal’ erudizione dell’ illmo. sigre.

Dottore Tommaso Perelli astronomo e matematico celeberrimo

preso da un quadro in tela di Giusto Subtermans app[ress]o l’illmo. Sigre. Gio. Batt[ist]a Nelli.

Giuseppe Zocchi del. Fran. Allegrini inci. 1762.’

Engraving from MS/648/6 Collectanea Newtoniana. A collection of prints and original artworks relating to Sir Isaac Newton, compiled and arranged by Charles Turnor, 1837.

Galileo Galilei (1564-1642), Italian astronomer and physicist, was not a Fellow of the Royal Society.

  • Image reference: RS-19579
  • ©The Royal Society

Discover more

More by the artist Francesco Allegrini.

Explore the collection Astronomy Prints, Maps and Constellations.

Search for similar images:

Our prints

We use a 240gsm fine art paper and premium branded inks to create the perfect reproduction.

Our expertise and use of high-quality materials means that our print colours are independently verified to last between 100 and 200 years.

Read more about our fine art prints.

Manufactured in the UK

All products are printed in the UK, using the latest digital presses and a giclée printmaking process.

We only use premium branded inks, and colours are independently verified to last between 100 and 200 years.

Delivery and returns

We print everything to order so delivery times may vary but all unframed prints are despatched within 2-4 days via courier or recorded mail.

Delivery to the UK is £5 for an unframed print of any size.

We will happily replace your order if everything isn’t 100% perfect.

This image on other products