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Summary

Jan Matejko: Astronomer Copernicus, or Conversations with God

Artist



Description	Polish painter Polish painter, a leading 19th-century
Date of birth/death	24 June 1838	1 November 1893
Location of birth/death	Free City of Kraków	Kraków
Work location	Vienna; Paris; Munich
Authority file	: Q189117 VIAF: 27863576 ISNI: 0000000108826913 ULAN: 500000325 LCCN: n82234077 NLA: 35345706 WorldCat

Title

Polish:

Astronom Kopernik, czyli rozmowa z Bogiem

Astronomer Copernicus, or Conversations with God

Object type

painting

Description

Astronomer Copernicus, or Conversations with God

Depicted people

Nicolaus Copernicus

Date

1872

Medium

oil on canvas

Dimensions

height: 226 cm (88.9 in); width: 315 cm (10.3 ft)

Collection

Jagiellonian University Museum

	Native name	Muzeum Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego
	Parent institution	Jagiellonian University
	Location	Kraków
	Coordinates	50° 03′ 42″ N, 50° 03′ 42″ E
	Established	1949
	Website	www.maius.uj.edu.pl
	Authority file	: Q11787234 VIAF: 123582394 ISNI: 000000012150381X LCCN: no2010127807 SUDOC: 16893437X BNF: 121932927 WorldCat

Current location

Polski: Sala II

Accession number

2715; 851/I

Inscriptions

Jan Matejko / 19 Lutego 1873

Notes

Sala II. Nauka i praktyka (in Polish). Jagiellonian University. Archived from the original on 12 February 2018. Retrieved on 14 April 2022. "Mikołaj Kopernik, Jan Matejko (Kraków 1838 – Kraków 1893) 1871, Sygnowany na odwrociu – Kraków d. 1/3 187(1)r. p. JM, Muzem Narodowe w Krakowie.

Kopernik przedstawiony został na dachu katedry fromborskiej, tam prowadził swoje nocne obserwacje nieba i gwiazd. Z dachu rozciąga się widok na zabudowania Fromborka i Zalew Wiślany. Dzieło jest pierwszym szkicem olejnym do obrazu Astronom Mikołaj Kopernik czyli rozmowa z Bogiem z r. 1873. W stosunku do obrazu szkic różni się w szczegółach. W latach 1491–1495 Kopernik studiował na Uniwersytecie Jagiellońskim, potem wyjechał do Włoch, gdzie w Ferrarze uzyskał stopień doktora prawa kanonicznego.

Jan Matejko - malarz i pedagog, najwybitniejszy przedstawiciel polskiego malarstwa historycznego, profesor krakowskiej Szkoły Sztuk Pięknych, jej reformator i dyrektor."

Sketch at MNK

Source/Photographer

www.pinakoteka.zascianek.pl

muzea.malopolska.pl

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	Date/Time	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	18:37, 14 April 2022	4,000 × 2,877 (2.32 MB)	Kawaart	Reverted to version as of 16:16, 16 April 2021 (UTC)
	04:47, 22 June 2021	800 × 579 (58 KB)	Nihil novi	Reverted to version as of 03:09, 27 November 2004 (UTC)
	16:16, 16 April 2021	4,000 × 2,877 (2.32 MB)	Kawaart	Better quality
	17:12, 26 November 2017	2,048 × 1,468 (487 KB)	Kawaart	Better quality
	00:36, 23 November 2010	799 × 577 (83 KB)	Gnesener1900	contrast corrected
	23:27, 14 December 2005	800 × 579 (55 KB)	Palladinus
	03:09, 27 November 2004	800 × 579 (58 KB)	EugeneZelenko	"Astronomer Copernicus: Conversation with God" painted by Jan Matejko (1872).<br/>Originally uploaded to English Wikipedia by Emax as Kopernik Matejko.jpg<br/>{{PD-Art}}