Portrait of Henry Oldenburg (1612-1677) Product:Canvas 28th March 1963

28th March 1963

Illustration from De humani corporis fabrica

Beachy Head

From volume 1 of Piaggio's notebooks for the period 1779-1781

Janus in Roman mythology was the god of passageways and doorways

Portrait of Henry Oldenburg (1612-1677) Product:Canvas 28th March 1963Half length portrait. Oldenburg is dressed in black with a large white square collar and turned back cuffs. On his left hand, at his chest, he wears a square cut diamond ring on the little finger. His right hand holds the key on a black ribbon, presumably to the pocket chronometer or watch that stands on the table before him. Oldenburg's hair is dark, shoulder length and natural and he has a thin moustache. Henry Oldenburg was elected a Fellow of the