Learned Collection (#4)

Portrait of Heinrich Rose (1795-1864), German chemist
XEE5031823 Portrait of Heinrich Rose (1795-1864), German chemist; (add.info.: Portrait of Heinrich Rose (1795-1864), German chemist); Stefano Bianchetti

Portrait of Rene Antoine Ferchault de Reaumur (1683-1757) physicist and naturalist francais
XEE5031683 Portrait of Rene Antoine Ferchault de Reaumur (1683-1757) physicist and naturalist francais; (add.info.: Portrait of Rene Antoine Ferchault de Reaumur (1683-1757)

Portrait of William Hyde WOLLASTON (1766-1828) English scholar
XEE5032081 Portrait of William Hyde WOLLASTON (1766-1828) English scholar; (add.info.: Portrait of William Hyde WOLLASTON (1766-1828) English scholar); Stefano Bianchetti

Portrait of Abraham Gottlob Werner (1749-1817) German scientist
XEE5032063 Portrait of Abraham Gottlob Werner (1749-1817) German scientist; (add.info.: Portrait of Abraham Gottlob Werner (1749-1817) German scientist); Stefano Bianchetti

Portrait of Abraham Gottlob Werner (1749-1817) German scientist
XEE5032057 Portrait of Abraham Gottlob Werner (1749-1817) German scientist; (add.info.: Portrait of Abraham Gottlob Werner (1749-1817) German scientist); Stefano Bianchetti

Portrait of Joseph Pitton de Tournefort (1656-1708), French botanist
XEE5031978 Portrait of Joseph Pitton de Tournefort (1656-1708), French botanist; (add.info.: Portrait of Joseph Pitton de Tournefort (1656-1708), French botanist); Stefano Bianchetti

Portrait of John Napier (1550-1617) Scottish mathematician
XEE5030748 Portrait of John Napier (1550-1617) Scottish mathematician; (add.info.: Portrait of John Napier (1550-1617) Scottish mathematician); Stefano Bianchetti

Portrait of Benoit de Maillet (1656-1738) geologue francais
XEE5030634 Portrait of Benoit de Maillet (1656-1738) geologue francais; (add.info.: Portrait of Benoit de Maillet (1656-1738) geologue francais); Stefano Bianchetti

Portrait of the Abbe Nicolas Louis de Lacaille (1713-1762) astronomer francais
XEE5029938 Portrait of the Abbe Nicolas Louis de Lacaille (1713-1762) astronomer francais; (add.info.: Portrait of the Abbe Nicolas Louis de Lacaille (1713-1762) astronomer francais

Portrait of Martin Heinrich Klaproth (1743-1817) German chemist
XEE5029845 Portrait of Martin Heinrich Klaproth (1743-1817) German chemist; (add.info.: Portrait of Martin Heinrich Klaproth (1743-1817) German chemist); Stefano Bianchetti

Portrait of John Hadley (1682-1744) English mathematician - engraving of the 18th century
XEE5029752 Portrait of John Hadley (1682-1744) English mathematician - engraving of the 18th century; (add.info.: Portrait of John Hadley (1682-1744)

Portrait of Nehemiah Grew (1641 1712) English botanist and physician
XEE5029653 Portrait of Nehemiah Grew (1641 1712) English botanist and physician; (add.info.: Portrait of Nehemiah Grew (1641 1712) English botanist and physician); Stefano Bianchetti

Portrait of Joseph Henry (1797-1878) American Physicist
XEE5029633 Portrait of Joseph Henry (1797-1878) American Physicist; (add.info.: Portrait of Joseph Henry (1797-1878) American Physicist); Stefano Bianchetti

Portrait of Jean Fernel (1497-1558), astronomer, mathematician and physician francais
XEE5029135 Portrait of Jean Fernel (1497-1558), astronomer, mathematician and physician francais; (add.info.: Portrait of Jean Fernel (1497-1558), astronomer

Portrait of Galileo Ferraris (1847-1897) Italian engineer and physicist
XEE5029132 Portrait of Galileo Ferraris (1847-1897) Italian engineer and physicist; (add.info.: Portrait of Galileo Ferraris (1847-1897) Italian engineer and physicist); Stefano Bianchetti

Portrait of Jean Fernel (1497-1558), astronomer, mathematician and physician francais
XEE5029127 Portrait of Jean Fernel (1497-1558), astronomer, mathematician and physician francais; (add.info.: Portrait of Jean Fernel (1497-1558), astronomer

Portrait of Giovanni Battista Donati (1826-1873) Italian Astronomer
XEE5028978 Portrait of Giovanni Battista Donati (1826-1873) Italian Astronomer; (add.info.: Portrait of Giovanni Battista Donati (1826-1873) Italian Astronomer); Stefano Bianchetti

Portrait of Baron Charles Dupin (1784-1873) French mathematician, engineer and educator
XEE5028956 Portrait of Baron Charles Dupin (1784-1873) French mathematician, engineer and educator; (add.info.: Portrait of Baron Charles Dupin (1784-1873) French mathematician

Portrait of John Dalton (1766-1844), English physicist and chemist - drawing by William Brockedon of 1834
XEE5028891 Portrait of John Dalton (1766-1844), English physicist and chemist - drawing by William Brockedon of 1834; (add.info.: Portrait of John Dalton (1766-1844)

Portrait of Henri Louis Duhamel du Monceau (1700-1782) botanist and agronomist
XEE5028842 Portrait of Henri Louis Duhamel du Monceau (1700-1782) botanist and agronomist; (add.info.: Portrait of Henri Louis Duhamel du Monceau (1700-1782) botanist and agronomist

Portrait of Rudolf Clausius (1822-1888) German physicist
XEE5028706 Portrait of Rudolf Clausius (1822-1888) German physicist; (add.info.: Portrait of Rudolf Clausius (1822-1888) German physicist); Stefano Bianchetti

Astronomers taking note of several observations using astronomical bezel and sextant in the chamber of the Greenwich
NWI4953292 Astronomers taking note of several observations using astronomical bezel and sextant in the chamber of the Greenwich Observatory, England

France, Rhone-Alpes, Rhone (69), Lyon: laboratory of Monsieur Girard, 1904
LUX4792371 France, Rhone-Alpes, Rhone (69), Lyon: laboratory of Monsieur Girard, 1904; (add.info.: France, Rhone-Alpes, Rhone (69), Lyon: laboratory of Monsieur Girard, 1904); Photo © Lux-in-Fine

Portrait of Giovanni Pico della Mirandola (1463 - 1494) (John Pico della Mirandola)
GIA5036547 Portrait of Giovanni Pico della Mirandola (1463 - 1494) (John Pico della Mirandola). He specialized in the study of religions. Painting sd. of the 15th century.; © Giancarlo Costa

A scientist performing a calculation on an armillary sphere (" S")
GIA5034681 A scientist performing a calculation on an armillary sphere (" S"). Manuscript of the works of Aristotle, 13th century.; © Giancarlo Costa

Portrait of Carl Linnaeus (1707-1778), or Carl von Linne, Swedish naturalist
FLO4682267 Portrait of Carl Linnaeus (1707-1778), or Carl von Linne, Swedish naturalist, in his Lapland costume and holding botanical specimens. Often called father of modern taxonomy

Tapestry of the Astrolabes, c.1451-1500 (silk wool)
CUL4938892 Tapestry of the Astrolabes, c.1451-1500 (silk wool); Museo de Santa Cruz, Toledo, Spain; (add.info.: Tapestry of the astrolabe)

Henry Cotyral or Henri Corneille Agrippa (Cornelius Agrippa or Agrippa by Nettesheim)
JEB4934100 Henry Cotyral or Henri Corneille Agrippa (Cornelius Agrippa or Agrippa by Nettesheim, 1486-1535) - engraving of 1823 in " Drolatic Songes de Pantagruel" by Francois Rabelais

France, Rhone-Alpes, Rhone (69), Lyon: the interior of a laboratory with a biologist posing in working clothes with a
LUX4811904 France, Rhone-Alpes, Rhone (69), Lyon: the interior of a laboratory with a biologist posing in working clothes with a rabbit of experimentation, 1900 - Lot Z; (add.info.: France)

Portrait of Eginhard (Einhard, Einhart, Einard, 775-840) Carolingian historian with Emma (Imma)
ELD4919066 Portrait of Eginhard (Einhard, Einhart, Einard, 775-840) Carolingian historian with Emma (Imma) his wife (Einhard (also Einhard or Einhart) Frankish scholar and broker with his wife Imma

Skinning of the mummy of a Theban High Priests of Amun by scientists. 19th century
ELD4863061 Skinning of the mummy of a Theban High Priests of Amun by scientists. 19th century (engraving from "Myster-des-Sciences-Occultes")

Stamp with the effigy of Aloys Senefelder (1771-1834) Austrian dramatic author
IMB4826450 Stamp with the effigy of Aloys Senefelder (1771-1834) Austrian dramatic author, inventor of the technique of lithography to print his own work as an author

Nicolas Leonicene - Niccolo Leoniceno, 1521 (oil on canvas) - Niccolo Leoniceno (also known as Nicolo Leoniceno)
QUA5036722 Nicolas Leonicene - Niccolo Leoniceno, 1521 (oil on canvas) - Niccolo Leoniceno (also known as Nicolo Leoniceno, Nicolaus Leoninus, Nicolaus Leonicenus of Vicenza)

Saint Albert the Great (1205-1280), (Albert Magnus, Albrecht von Bollstadt). Anonymous painting
GIA5034697 Saint Albert the Great (1205-1280), (Albert Magnus, Albrecht von Bollstadt). Anonymous painting; © Giancarlo Costa

Portrait of Jean Victor Poncelet (1788-1867), French general and mathematician
XEE5031825 Portrait of Jean Victor Poncelet (1788-1867), French general and mathematician; (add.info.: Portrait of Jean Victor Poncelet (1788-1867)

Portrait of Jeremias Benjamin Richter (1762-1807) German chemist
XEE5031753 Portrait of Jeremias Benjamin Richter (1762-1807) German chemist; (add.info.: Portrait of Jeremias Benjamin Richter (1762-1807) German chemist); Stefano Bianchetti

Frontispice of " Astronomical and Physical Observations made in the Isle of Cayenne" (Paris)
XEE5031697 Frontispice of " Astronomical and Physical Observations made in the Isle of Cayenne" (Paris, 1679) by Jean Richer (1630-1696) French Astronomer; (add.info)

Portrait of Alessandro Piccolomini (1508-1578) philosopher and astronomer - Engraving of the 17th century
XEE5030900 Portrait of Alessandro Piccolomini (1508-1578) philosopher and astronomer - Engraving of the 17th century, Nazionale Library

Portrait of Mitscherlich Eilhard (1794-1863) German Chemist
XEE5030768 Portrait of Mitscherlich Eilhard (1794-1863) German Chemist; (add.info.: Portrait of Mitscherlich Eilhard (1794-1863) German Chemist); Stefano Bianchetti

Portrait of Carl Gustav Mosander (1797-1858) Swedish chemist
XEE5030736 Portrait of Carl Gustav Mosander (1797-1858) Swedish chemist; (add.info.: Portrait of Carl Gustav Mosander (1797-1858) Swedish chemist); Stefano Bianchetti

Portrait of Francesco (Francisco) Maurolico (1494-1575) Italian mathematician
XEE5030665 Portrait of Francesco (Francisco) Maurolico (1494-1575) Italian mathematician; (add.info.: Portrait of Francesco (Francisco) Maurolico (1494-1575) Italian mathematician); Stefano Bianchetti

Portrait of Gaspard Monge, Count of Peluse (1746 - 1818), French mathematician
XEE5030586 Portrait of Gaspard Monge, Count of Peluse (1746 - 1818), French mathematician; (add.info.: Portrait of Gaspard Monge, Count of Peluse (1746 - 1818)

Portrait of Francis Glisson (1597 1677) British physician, anatomist, physiologist, and pathologist
XEE5029034 Portrait of Francis Glisson (1597 1677) British physician, anatomist, physiologist, and pathologist, engraving 18th century; (add.info)

Poratrit by Anders Celsius (1701-1744) Swedish astronomer and physicist - Engraving of the 19th century
XEE5028693 Poratrit by Anders Celsius (1701-1744) Swedish astronomer and physicist - Engraving of the 19th century; (add.info)

Portrait of Tycho Brahe (1546-1601) Danish astronomer and astrologer - Engraving of the 18th century
XEE5028204 Portrait of Tycho Brahe (1546-1601) Danish astronomer and astrologer - Engraving of the 18th century; (add.info)

Portrait of Luigi Ferdinando Marsili (1658-1730) Italian oceanographer. Anonymous painting of the 18th century
VEN5027933 Portrait of Luigi Ferdinando Marsili (1658-1730) Italian oceanographer. Anonymous painting of the 18th century

Portrait of William Henry (1765 - 1836) English Physicist and Chemist
XEE5029636 Portrait of William Henry (1765 - 1836) English Physicist and Chemist; (add.info.: Portrait of William Henry (1765 - 1836) English Physicist and Chemist); Stefano Bianchetti

Portrait of Hermann von HELMHOLTZ (1821-1894) German Physicist and Physiologist
XEE5029616 Portrait of Hermann von HELMHOLTZ (1821-1894) German Physicist and Physiologist; (add.info.: Portrait of Hermann von HELMHOLTZ (1821-1894) German Physicist and Physiologist

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"Unveiling the Wisdom of the Ages: A Journey through Learned Minds and Time" Step into a world where knowledge reigns supreme, as we delve into the captivating portraits of history's most learned individuals. From Margaret Beaufort, whose resolute gaze reflects her indomitable spirit, to Marcus Manilius, the Roman astronomer who unraveled celestial mysteries. Witness the brilliance of Dr. Karl von Linde's apparatus, a testament to his groundbreaking contributions in physics that revolutionized refrigeration. Claude Ptolemy's ancient wisdom shines through his intricate star charts, guiding generations towards understanding our vast universe. Leaf through Cesare Lombroso's meticulously curated album of photographs, capturing moments frozen in time - a visual encyclopedia for those hungry for knowledge. Horace Benedict Saussure's tireless exploration of nature comes alive in vivid detail; his discoveries paving the way for future scientific breakthroughs. Marvel at Joseph Wright Of Derby's painting depicting an alchemist consumed by their quest for the elusive philosophical stone - a reminder that even failure can be a stepping stone towards enlightenment. Peter I of Russia stands tall as he embraces education and progress amidst turbulent times. Intriguingly unconventional yet undeniably charming is Pidding’s portrayal of a dog engrossed in reading – reminding us that learning knows no bounds or species limitations. Red Riding Hood symbolizes folklore passed down through generations; stories woven with lessons waiting to be deciphered. Behold The British Library, an architectural marvel housing countless volumes holding centuries' worth of acquired wisdom within its walls – an oasis for seekers yearning to quench their thirst for knowledge. Alfonso X and Sancho IV embody royal patrons who understood that fostering education was key to societal advancement. As we immerse ourselves in these diverse glimpses into history’s learned minds and legacies left behind, let us remember that true wisdom lies not only in acquiring knowledge but also in sharing it with the world.