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Freitag Sculpting Hevelius
An 1870 oil-on-canvas painting by Wilhelm August Stryowski showing Rudolf Freitag sculpting a bust of the Polish astronomer Johannes Hevelius (1611-1687). (National Museum, Gdańsk)
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Portrait of Joséphine de Beauharnais
Portrait of Joséphine de Beauharnais (1763-1814) later in life. By Andrea Appiani, c. 1808.
Private collection.
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The Three Graces by Antonio Canova
The Three Graces, statue by Italian sculptor Antonio Canova, commissioned at the behest of Empress Joséphine de Beauharnais, c. 1813-1816.
Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg.
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The Divorce of Napoleon and Joséphine
The divorce of Empress Joséphine and Emperor Napoleon, 10 January 1810. Oil on canvas, by Henri Frédéric Schopin, 1843.
Wallace Collection, London.
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Joséphine de Beauharnais at Malmaison
Joséphine de Beauharnais at her personal residence of Malmaison, oil on canvas by François Gérard, 1801.
Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg.
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Portrait of Alexandre de Beauharnais
Portrait of Alexander de Beauharnais, oil on canvas by Georges Rouget, 1834.
Palace of Versailles.
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Hevelius' Map of the Moon
A map of the Moon's surface drawn in 1647 by Johannes Hevelius (1611-1687), the Polish astronomer. (Bodleian Library, Oxford)
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Hevelius & Elisabeth Using a Sextant
A 1673 print showing Johannes Hevelius (1611-1687), the Polish astronomer, and his wife Elisabeth examining the stars using a sextant. From Hevelius's Machinae Coelestis: Pars Prior, (1673), fig. M, facing p. 222...
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Johannes Hevelius by Schultz
A 1677 portrait by Daniel Schultz of Johannes Hevelius (1611-1687), the Polish astronomer. (Library of Polish Academy of Sciences, Gdańsk)
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Robert Boyle Portrait
An engraving portrait of Robert Boyle (1627-1691), the Anglo-Irish chemist, physicist, and experimental philosopher. In the background is the scientist's celebrated air pump.
