Biography
Galileo aged seventy, painted by Justus Sustermans (1597–1681) The Antwerp-born artist worked in the Medici court and completed Galileo’s portrait in 1635. It hangs in the Uffizi in Florence.
Chronology
Galileo Galilei in Florenz
Galileo's house in Florence, which he bought on 10 December 1629.
At this time his reading matter was Scipione Chiaramonti's De tribus novis stellis.
Ben Leto, flikr
At this time his reading matter was Scipione Chiaramonti's De tribus novis stellis.
Ben Leto, flikr