A half-bust portrait of Galileo Galilei by the Flemish court painter Justus Sustermans, dated to 1635, showing Galileo in his early seventies with light falling on his face as he looks upward and outside the frame. Commissioned by Elia Diodati, a friend and correspondent of Galileo's in Paris. The primary version is held at the Uffizi Gallery, Florence; a second version is held at the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich.
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Physical Form
MediumSourced to the subject's own accountOil on canvas, consistent with Sustermans' portrait practice across his decades as principal court painter to the Medici grand dukes in Florence. 1 Cross-Tradition Connections
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This source names Florence directly: "The primary version is held at the Uffizi Gallery, Florence; a second version is held at the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich."
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The portrait's sole subject, Sustermans' best known image of Galileo.
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