Astronomy: two rival mathematicians, Urinaal and Raasbollius, argue about models of the solar system. Engraving by P. Tanjé, 1758, after C. Troost, 1741, after by P. Langendijk, 1715.

Troost, Cornelis, 1697-1750.

Date:: 1758

Reference:: 46324i

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Astronomy: two rival mathematicians, Urinaal and Raasbollius, argue about models of the solar system. Engraving by P. Tanjé, 1758, after C. Troost, 1741, after by P. Langendijk, 1715. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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An episode in the play The mathematicians by P. Langendijk, 1715

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Amsterdam : P. Fouquet junior

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1 print : etching with line engraving ; image 29.2 x 23.8 cm

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De wiskonstenaars of het gevluchte juffertje. Opgedragen aan den Heere Jan Jacob de Bruyn, beminnaar der schilderkunst; door zyn Ed. d w dienaar P. Fouquet junior. ; C. Troost pinxit. ; P. Tanjé fecit. All the lettering is repeated in French

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E. Buijsen, editor, Cornelis Troost en het theater: tonelen van de 18de eeuw, Zwolle, 1993, pp 72-73

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Wellcome Collection 46324i

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"Het origineel schildery is berustende in het cabinet van de Heer de Bruyn."; now, 1999, in the Mauritshaus in the Hague