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  • Galileo Galilei at his trial by the Inquisition in Rome in 1633. Photograph of a painting.
  • Galileo Galilei; copy from portrait by J. Sustermans in the Uffizi, Florence. 19th/20th century copy.
  • Galileo Galilei receiving a visit from John Milton at the Torre del Gallo. Photograph after a painting by A. Gatti.
  • John Locke, Benjamin Franklin, Joseph-Louis Lagrange, and Galileo Galilei: profile portraits taken from medals. Line engraving by J. Bate, 1836.
  • Galileo
  • Galileo contemplating the globe. Bronze.
  • S. A. Hart; "Milton visiting Galileo..."; 1847
  • The "Galilee skull": entrance to the cave in which it was found. Photograph, 1925.
  • M0006601: Milton visiting Galileo when a prisoner of the Inquisition
  • Astronomy: Galileo with his telescope in the Piazza San Marco, Venice. Wood engraving.
  • Italian microscopes, sometimes thought to have been constructed by Galileo, but probably later.
  • Tiberias, with lake Galilee, Israel. Coloured lithograph by Louis Haghe after David Roberts, 1842.
  • Lake Galilee, looking towards Bashan, Israel. Coloured lithograph by Louis Haghe after David Roberts, 1842.
  • Lake Galilee, looking towards Bashan, Israel. Coloured lithograph by Louis Haghe after David Roberts, 1842.
  • Christ and the apostles in the storm on the sea of Galilee. Mezzotint after Rembrandt.
  • Italian scientists: Galileo in the centre, others in orbit around him. Lithograph by V. Mollame, 1842.
  • Christ and the apostles in the storm on the sea of Galilee. Etching by J. Fittler after Rembrandt.
  • List of the Lectures at the University of Padua for 1693. The names include Fabricius ab Aquapendente and Galileo.
  • Sidereus, nuncius magna longeqve admirabilia spectacula pandens, suspiciendaque proponens vnicuique praesertim vero philosophis, atque astronomis / quae a Galileo Galileo ... perspicilli nuper a sereperti beneficio sunt obseruata in lvnae facie, fixis innvmeris, lacteo circvlo stellis nebvlosis, apprime vero in qvatvor planetis circa Iovis stellam disparibus interuallis, atque periodis, celeritate mirabili circumuolutis; quos, nemini in hanc vsque diem cognitos, nouissime auctor deprehendit primus; atque medicea sidera nvncvpandos decrevit.
  • Sidereus, nuncius magna longeqve admirabilia spectacula pandens, suspiciendaque proponens vnicuique praesertim vero philosophis, atque astronomis / quae a Galileo Galileo ... perspicilli nuper a sereperti beneficio sunt obseruata in lvnae facie, fixis innvmeris, lacteo circvlo stellis nebvlosis, apprime vero in qvatvor planetis circa Iovis stellam disparibus interuallis, atque periodis, celeritate mirabili circumuolutis; quos, nemini in hanc vsque diem cognitos, nouissime auctor deprehendit primus; atque medicea sidera nvncvpandos decrevit.
  • Sidereus, nuncius magna longeqve admirabilia spectacula pandens, suspiciendaque proponens vnicuique praesertim vero philosophis, atque astronomis / quae a Galileo Galileo ... perspicilli nuper a sereperti beneficio sunt obseruata in lvnae facie, fixis innvmeris, lacteo circvlo stellis nebvlosis, apprime vero in qvatvor planetis circa Iovis stellam disparibus interuallis, atque periodis, celeritate mirabili circumuolutis; quos, nemini in hanc vsque diem cognitos, nouissime auctor deprehendit primus; atque medicea sidera nvncvpandos decrevit.
  • Sidereus, nuncius magna longeqve admirabilia spectacula pandens, suspiciendaque proponens vnicuique praesertim vero philosophis, atque astronomis / quae a Galileo Galileo ... perspicilli nuper a sereperti beneficio sunt obseruata in lvnae facie, fixis innvmeris, lacteo circvlo stellis nebvlosis, apprime vero in qvatvor planetis circa Iovis stellam disparibus interuallis, atque periodis, celeritate mirabili circumuolutis; quos, nemini in hanc vsque diem cognitos, nouissime auctor deprehendit primus; atque medicea sidera nvncvpandos decrevit.
  • Cana of Galilee, Israel: an ancient water fountain in use. Engraving by V. Pillement, J.L.C. Pauquet and F.N.B. Dequevauviller after L.F. Cassas.
  • Astronomy: Galileo, after using the telescope on the bell-tower of St Mark's Square, Venice, demonstrates his findings to the Doge, 1609. Engraving by J. P. Le Bas after himself, 1739.
  • Four children sit chatting about AIDS; advertising the 4th course on AIDS education for higher education students in the 'Chamberí' district of Madrid; held at the Centro Cultural "Galileo" in Madrid on 16 November 1994; organised by the Centre de Estudios Sociales Aplicados [Center of Applied Social Studies]. Colour lithograph by Irene Bordoy, 1994.
  • Aristotle and Ptolemy discuss with Copernicus their respective views on the movements of the Sun and the Earth. Engraving, 1663, after S. Della Bella, 1632.
  • A nurse standing in front of the Red Cross stabs a dragon that holds the globe in its claws; representing assistance to tuberculous people from the Italian Red Cross. Colour lithograph by B. Cascella.
  • Nicolaus Copernicus. Wood engraving by A. Regulski after F. Tegazzo.
  • Copernicus and five other astronomers with astronomical instruments. Engraving by J. Mulder after G. Hoet, 1692.
  • Illustration of Constellatio Cinguli & enfis Orionis