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Johann Adam Von Schall, 1672. Portrait of Johann Adam Schall von Bell, German Jesuit missionary, astronomer and instrument-maker, standing in front of a bookshelf. His left hand rests on an opened book, while he holds a quill pen in his right hand. After studying philosophy and theology at the Society of Jesus he went as a missionary to China. He was the first European to become a member of the Chinese court in Peking, and became head of the Office of Astronomy. From "Historica Relatio de ortu et progressu Fidei Ortho". A. Hanckwitz: Ratisbon, 1672.

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HRM25A14_441

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50,0Mo (5,4Mo) / 28,0cm x 44,8cm / 3303 x 5286 (300dpi)

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