Title

Andreas Osiander, 16th century German Lutheran theologian, 17th century. Artist: Unknown

Caption

Andreas Osiander, 16th century German Lutheran theologian, 17th century. Osiander (1498-1552) was Professor of Theology at Konigsberg and was responsible for seeing through the printing of Nicolas Copernicus (1473-1543) controversial work De revolutionibus orbium coelestium (On the Revolutions of Celestial Spheres). From Icones Virorum, Friedrich Roth-Scholtz, (Nuremberg, 1725).
Oxford Science Archive

Date

1600

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images

Reference

HRM19B65_300

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

50,0Mb (3,0Mb) / 12,6in x 15,3in / 3793 x 4603 (300dpi)

Keywords

Germany people male job man men hat religious German country religion science guy occupation astronomy clothes Christianity dress location century profession controversy B&W professor MONOCHROME 17th century Protestant Protestantism Theology Lutheran black & white black and white B W 16th century sixteenth century seventeenth century Oxford Science Archive Copernican system heliocentric universe theologian Andeas Osiander portrait Unknown Nicolaus Nicolaus Copernicus Copernicus Osiander Andeas Nicolaus Copernicus portrait