Knorr Teodor Edward

Portrait of Nicolaus Copernicus

oil painting on canvas

1838

Portrait of Nicolaus Copernicus by the little-known artist T. Knorr (signature in the central part of the painting, on the right side of the figure) from the mid-19th c. Artistically, it is an unsuccessful travesty of Copernicus' portrait formerly held by the Academic Gymnasium of Toruń.

Copernican Library in Toruń