An optical experiment, by which a man and an angel demonstrate that the strength of a beam of light is not proportionate to the distance which it has travelled. Engraving by T. Galle, 1613, after P.P. Rubens.

  • Rubens, Peter Paul, 1577-1640.
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[1613]
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578790i
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[Antwerp] : [Balthasar Moretus], [1613]

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1 print : engraving ; image 9.7 x 14 cm

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J. Richard Judson and Carl Van de Velde, Book illustrations and title pages, Corpus Rubenianum Ludwig Burchard, part XXI, London 1978, vol. 1, no 15, pp. 112-114

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Wellcome Collection 578790i

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