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File:Antoine Caron Astronomers Studying an Eclipse.jpg

Summary

Artist
Title
English: Astronomers Studying an Eclipse
Description
The original title is not known; alternate titles include "Astronomers watching a solar eclipse" and "Astronomers (or Astrologers) Studying an Eclipse."
Date 1571
Medium oil on panel
Notes

References:

  • Kerr Reaves, Mary; Reaves, Gibson. "Antoine Caron's Painting "Astronomers Studying an Eclipse"," Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, Vol. 77, No. 456, p.153 (1965)
  • Aston, Margaret. "The Fiery Trigon Conjunction: An Elizabethan Astrological Prediction," Isis, Vol. 61, No. 2. (Summer, 1970), pp. 158-187.
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