Globe Collection (page 6)

Voyage dans les Pouilles, 16th century. Manuscript in the National Library of France, Paris

Allegory of the Faith, c1670. Artist: Jan Vermeer
Allegory of the Faith, c1670. Vermeers source derives from a standard handbook of iconography, Cesare Ripas Iconologia. Vermeer interpreted Ripas description of Faith with the world at her feet

Artist studio scene, (1680-1720?). Artist: Gerard Thomas
Artist studio scene, (1680-1720?). Private collection

Robert Stawell Ball, British astronomer, mathematician, lecturer and populariser of science, 1905. Artist: Spy
Robert Stawell Ball, Irish-born British astronomer, mathematician, lecturer and populariser of science, 1905. Ball (1840-1913), Lord Rosses astronomer at Parsonstown, Ireland

Astronomical Observatory, 1814. Artist: James Black
Astronomical Observatory, 1814. Telescopes of various sizes and a revolving globe sit in the interior of a circular observatory

Sir Isaac Newton, English scientist and mathematician, c1700. Artist: Jacobus Houbraken
Sir Isaac Newton, English scientist and mathematician, c1700. Newtons discoveries were prolific and exerted a huge influence on science and thought

Persian Brass Celestial Globe Brass, engraved and inlaid with silver, 1430-1431. Artist: Muhammad ibn Jafar ibn Umar
Persian Brass Celestial Globe Brass, engraved and inlaid with silver, 1430-1431. Made by Muhammed Ibn Ja far Ibn umar, the astrolabist, known as al-Jalal

Christ seated on Globe surrounded by Palms, Church of Santa Costanza, Rome, c 4th century. Apse Mosaic in the South Aisle of Sta. Constanza

Celestial Sphere Baghdad, 1145. In astronomy and navigation, the celestial sphere is an abstract sphere, with an arbitrarily large radius, that is concentric to Earth

Still Life with Books, 17th century. Artist: Gerrit van Vucht
Still Life with Books, 17th century. Found in the collection of the State A Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow

Vanitas. Still Life with a Vase, 17th or early 18th century. Artist: Matthias Withoos
Vanitas. Still Life with a Vase, 17th or early 18th century. Found in the collection of the State A Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow

Adolphus Metkerke (1521-1591), Flemish philologist and statesman

The Turkish astronomer Takiuddin at his observatory at Galata, Istanbul, 1581. Showing astronomical instruments in use at the time

Atlas holding the universe on his shoulders. Statue in the Royal Palace, Amsterdam

Astrologers preparing a horoscope, 1617-1619. From the title page of section on casting horoscopes in Utriusque cosmi historia, Oppenheim, [1617-19]

Jean Dominique Cassini (1625-1712), Italian-born French astronomer. In the background is the Paris Observatory which Cassini directed for many years from 1671

Hypatia (c370-415), mathematician and neo-Platonic philosopher, mid 19th century. She was murdered by followers of Cyril, Patriarch of Alexandria

Rene Descartes, French philosopher and scientist, 1692. Descartes (1596-1650) in his study seated at a writing slope. Regarded as one of the great figures in the history of Western thought

Statuette of golfer, c1910
The standard statuette of a golfer, originally moulded for a series of clocks, was often added to other instruments as well

Nemesis (The Great Fortune), ca. 1501. Creator: Albrecht Durer
Nemesis (The Great Fortune), ca. 1501

The Little Fortune, 1495-96. Creator: Albrecht Durer
The Little Fortune, 1495-96

Astronomy, from The Seven Liberal Arts, plate 7, 1544. Creator: Monogrammist B
Astronomy, from The Seven Liberal Arts, plate 7, 1544. [Dialectics, Geometry, Music, Astrology]

Plate 7: Astronomia, from The Seven Liberal Arts, ca. 1628-66. ca. 1628-66. Creator: Paul Fürst
Plate 7: Astronomia, from The Seven Liberal Arts, ca. 1628-66

William Gilbert, English physician, late 16th century. Pictured with his hand resting on a globe. Gilbert established the magnetic nature of the Earth in De Magnete (1600)

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