WORKS OF ART


MONUMENTS AND EPITAPHS


Anonymous author of a portrait

EPITAPH OF N. COPERNICUS FOUNDED BY MELCHIOR PIRNESIUS (1526-1589)

End of XVI c.

SS. John basilica in Torun

All 192 x 117 cm; picture : an oak table, oil 95 x 80 cm

Epitaph compounds of a picture and its framing shaped into architectural structure. On the picture an image of the Copernicus’ torso, turned left with the hands joined for prayer. Inscription below – a poem by Nicodem Frischlin (1547-1590). Framing and socle of the epitaph filled with inscriptions.


W. Rojewski

N. COPERNICUS BUST

Second half of the XVIII c.

SS. John basilica in Torun

Marble

Placed below the N. Copernicus’ epitaph in 1809


Christian Friedrich Tieck

THE NICOLAUS COPERNICUS STATUE IN TORUŃ

1850, Fischer’s bell-foundry in Berlin

Toruń, a square near to the east – south corner of the town hall

Bronze, 260 cm.

A standing figure holding an armillary sphere in the left hand and showing the sky the other one. Wearing an ancient toga. Inscription on the socle: "Nicolaus Copernicus Torunensis Terrae motor, Solis Caelique stator."


Bertel Thorwaldsen

THE NICHOLAS COPERNICUS’ STATUE IN WARSAW

1830.

Warsaw, Krakowskie Przedmieście

Bronze


Unknown

EPITAPH OF NICOLAUS COPERNICUS IN FROMBORK

1760

Frombork, Holy Virgin Mary and St Andrew basilica

Marble, steel sheet - 200 x 92 cm

The rectangular inscription plate made of black marble, topped with a tondo with the N. Copernicus’ portrait on a steel sheet. Founded by the Varmia Chapter.


Jan Nepomucen Galli according to the project of the priest Sebastian Sierakowski

STATUE OF N. COPERNICUS

1822,

Cracow, St Ann church

Bronze

The Copernicu’s bust next to the Uranya holding a shield with the constellation “The Sobiesky’s shield”


Mieczyslaw Welter

STATUE OF N. COPERNICUS

1973

Frombork, next to the Cathedral Hill

Bronze


PAINTINGS


Unknown

„COPERNIC”

ca. half of XIX c.

The Kornik Library of the Polish Academy of Sciences, museum collection, cat. no. MK 3529

Painting on canvas glued on the glass, miniature, - tondo with diam. 11 cm

Bust turned into left, face with a moustache, double chain on the chest


Friedrich Kloss

NICOLAUS COPERNICUS

Lidzbark Warmiński, 1784

The Kornik Library of the Polish Academy of Sciences, museum collection, cat. no. MK 3411

Oil on canvas, oval: 70,5 x 61 cm

Bust turned into the left, beside sketched outline of the celestial globe. Painting is one of the series of portraits of outstanding Polish personages painted for the bishop Ignacy Krasicki


Jan Gładysz (ok. 1762-1830)

NICOLAUS COPERNICUS

1810

The Kornik Library of the Polish Academy of Sciences, museum collection, cat. no. MK 3468

Oil on canvas, size 117 x 74 cm

Sitting figure turned into left with the canonry insignia of rank on the breast, with a drawing of the heliocentric system lying on his knees and a lunette (!) in his left hand. Beside standing a celestial globe, in the background a sun-dial and gleam of the sunset on the horizon. Painting was ordered by Rose rector of the grammar-school in Płock for an astronomical observatory of his own project.


Karl Młodnicki(1835 – 1900)

COPERNICUS ON A DEATHBED

1890

The National Museum of Wrocław, VIII – 2364

Oil on canvas, 34 x 41,5 cm


Jan Matejko

COPERNICUS ASTRONOMER OR TALK TO GOD.

1873, Cracow

The Jagiellonian University Museum in Cracow, inv. no 2715-851/I

Oil, canvas 225 x 315 cm

Painting made on occasion of 400 anniversary of Copernicus’ birth. H. Levitoux. was a model for Copernicus’ figure. Signature on the left side in the middle Jan Matejko / 19 lutego 1873.


Jan Matejko

SKETCH TO THE PAINTING "COPERNICUS ASTRONOMER OR TALK TO GOD "

1871, Cracow

The National Museum of Cracow, Jan Matejko’s house, inv. no IX/25

Oil, cardboard 41,5 x 52,5


Jan Matejko

INFLUENCE OF UNIVERSITY ON THE NATION IN XV C.- NEW IDEAS – HUSSITISM AND HUMANISM

1888, Cracow

The National Museum of Warsaw, inv. no. MP 5059 MNW5. Mahogany board 69 x 116 cm

Leading scholars of XV c. were grouped by Jan Matejko on the gothic yard of the Jagiellonian Library (including those who could not meet each other). In the distance on the right side dominates Copernicus’ figure with hands upraised high and keeping an astronomical model in his right hand.


Jan Matejko

INFLUENCE OF UNIVERSITY ON THE NATION IN XV C.

?, Cracow

The Jagiellonian University Museum in Cracow, inv. no 2716 - 852/I

Oil, canvas, 245 x 345 cm

Description : detailed differences from above mentioned


Anonymous author, northern Germany work

SO CALLED “GRAMMAR-SCHOOL” PORTRAIT OF NICHOLAS COPERNICUS

Second half of XVI c.

The Regional Museum in Torun. inv. no MT/AD/217

Oak board, distemper, oil , 51 x 41,5 cm


Aleksander Lesser

DEATH OF N. COPERNICUS

Ca. 1873

The Regional Museum in Torun. inv. no MT/MK/146

Oil , canvas 43 x 52,5 cm


Walery Eliasz Radzikowski

DEATH OF N. COPERNICUS

1869

The Regional Museum in Torun. inv. no MT/S/315

Oil , canvas 51 x 41 cm


Leonard Torwirt (1911-1967)

COPY OF GRAMMAR-SCHOOL PORTRAIT OF N. COPERNICUS

1964

The Regional Museum in Torun. inv. no MT/MK/108

Distemper on wood, 51,5 x 41,5 cm


Władysław Barwicki

N. COPERNICUS AND HIS PREDECESSORS AND SUCCESSORS

1892

The Regional Museum in Torun. inv. no?

Water-colour, cartoon, 62,5 x 87,2 cm


Nora Zinck

COPY OF SO CALLED GOLUCHOWSKI PORTRAIT OF N. COPERNICUS

Poland, Poznan,1944

The National Museum in Warsaw, inv. no 190310

Oil on board 42,5 x 30 cm

So called Goluchowski portrait was owned by Czartoryski family in Goluchow. In 1939 moved into Poznan, currently lost.


H. Uziembło (1879-1949)

STATUE OF COPERNICUS ON THE COLLEGIUM MAIUS YARD

Before 1949, Cracow

The Jagiellonian University Museum, 17241-3015/II

Paper, water-colours 50 x 35 cm within frame, 55 x 47 cm including frame


H. Kostecka w/g M. Stachowicza

NICOLAUS COPERNICUS

1961, Cracow

The Jagiellonian University Museum, 11329-2321/II

Cartoon, water-colours, crayon, 50 x 35,3 cm

In the rim description: Nicolaus-Copernicus Astro: obserwator 1473-1543


Antoni Gramatyka (1841-1922)

NICOLAUS COPERNICUS IN HIS STUDY

1900, Cracow

The Jagiellonian University Museum, 5460-1044/I

Oil on canvas 160 x 200 cm


Unknown

PORTRAIT OF NICHOLAS COPERNICUS THE FATHER

XVII c.

The Jagiellonian University Museum, 6560-372/I

Oil on canvas, 60 x 47 cm

Ordered by Jan Brożek


Jan Kanty Wojnarowski

PORTRAIT OF NICOLAUS COPERNICUS

XIX c.

The Jagiellonian University Museum, 2004-315/I

Oil on cardboard 12,5 x 9,5 cm


Unknown

PORTRAIT OF NICOLAUS COPERNICUS

XVII w.

The Jagiellonian University Museum, 1974-269/I

Oil, canvas 39,5 x 28 cm


Unknown

PORTRAIT OF NICHOLAS COPERNICUS

Ca. 1920

The Jagiellonian University Museum, 7535-1181/I

Oil, canvas on cardboard


Ludwik Stasiak

PORTRAIT OF NICOLAUS COPERNICUS

Ca. 1910, Cracow

The Jagiellonian University Museum, 2819-977/I

Oil on cardboard 83 x 59 cm


Zdzisław Pabisiak

PORTRAIT OF YOUNG COPERNICUS

Ca. 1958, Cracow

The Jagiellonian University Museum, 1806-43/I

Oil, board, 67 x 49 cm


Agnieszka Chojkowska - Sawicka

PORTRAIT OF N. COPERNICUS- COPY AFTER XVIII C. PICTURE

1982, Cracow

The Jagiellonian University Museum, 14285-1226/I

Oil, canvas, 64 x 47,5 cm


Romuald Reguła

COPERNICUS AND HIS IDEA

1973, Cracow

The Jagiellonian University Museum, 5479-1088/I

Oil, canvas 140 x 91 cm


Unknown

PORTRAIT OF N. COPERNICUS- COPY AFTER TORUNIAN PORTRAIT

End of XVIII c.

The Varmia and Mazury Museum in Olsztyn, inv. no MNO 515 OMO

Oil, canvas, 58 x 42 cm


Leonard Torwirt

PORTRAIT OF N. COPERNICUS

1955

The Varmia and Mazury Museum in Olsztyn, inv. no MNO 497 OMO

Oil, canvas, 50,8 x 40,3 cm


GRAPHICS IN COLLECTIONS OF POLISH MUSEUMS


Johann Christoph von Reinsperger (1711-1777) after Johann Justin Preissler (1698-1771)

FRONT PAGE: ATLAS COELESTIS/ STUDIO ET LABORE JOH. GABRIELIS DOPPERMAIERI MATH. P.P./ IMPENSIS HEREDUM HOMANNIANORUM NORIBERGAE(!) 1742

Nurnmberg, 1742

The Kornik Library of the Polish Academy of Sciences, collection of graphics, cat. no. C XIII 1658

Copperplate, 51,7 x 31 cm

In the middle a celestial globe beside four astronomers: Claudius Ptolemy, Nicolaus Copernicus, John Keppler and Tycho de Brahe. In the background palms, two sphinx and view of the town. In the upper part puttos open sheets with drawings of the heliocentric system. Below the scene astronomical instruments.



Unknown

"NICOLAUS COPERNICUS PATER NICOLAI COPERNICI ASTROLOGIAE UNIUS MIRACULI NATI 1473 19 FEBRUARY"

Cracow (in the Lithography of Piotr Wyszkowski), 1830

The Kornik Library of the Polish Academy of Sciences, collection of graphics, cat. no. A XIV 1084

Lithograph, 14,4 x 10,6 cm

Figure of Nicolaus Copernicus father of the astronomer on his knees. In the distance appears the Virgin Marry with the Christ-Child, shields at the corners. Below inscription: "Des Hern Docter Nicolai Koppernick Thumber und Astronim zur Frauenburg/ Seines Seligen Vaters auch Nicolaus Koppernick genant seine Gestalt/

IOANNES BROSCIUS CURXELOVIENS DEPINGI CURAVIT/ TORUNII/ATO HIC REPOSUIT


Antoni Oleszczyński (1794-1879)

HEADPIECE OF AN OCCASIONAL PRINT OF JUBILEE OF 300 TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE DEATH OF COPERNICUS CELEBRATED IN WARSAW IN 1843.

Paris, ca. 1843

The Kornik Library of the Polish Academy of Sciences, collection of graphics, cat. no. B XV 1046

Woodcut, 45,6 x 29,9 cm

At the top of the headpiece three features:

a. Maison à Thorn où est né Kopernic, 1473, sc. Simon after Adam Piliński

b. Statue de Kopernik, érigée à Varsovie en 1829, A.Oleszczyński

c. Maison à Fraenbourg, où mourut Kopernic, 1543, sc. Simon after Adama Piliński


Antoni Oleszczyński (1794-1879) after Ferdynand D. Chotomski (1797-1880)

VIEW OF THE COPERNICUS HOUSE IN FROMBORK, TITLED:

"WIDOK DOMU W FRAUENBURGU ZAMIESZKAŁEGO NIEGDYŚ PRZES ZNAKOMITEGO ZIOMKA NASZEGO KOPERNIKA...”.

Paris, (L. Martinet), 1836

The Kornik Library of the Polish Academy of Sciences, collection of graphics, cat. no. A XXXVIII 2830
The Library of the Polish Academy of Arts and Sciences and the Polish Academy of Sciences in Cracow, 8/II - 1007: no 63
Steel engraving, plate 10,4 x 14 cm (sheet 24 x 30,8 cm)

Graphics out of : Rozmaitości polskie /Polish miscellany/ published by A. Oleszczyński (French edition: Variété polonaises Paris 1832). Below the view an explanation in French.


Antoni Oleszczyński (1794-1879)

„NIC. COPERNIK/ NATUS THORUNII IN POLONIA 1473 CASIMIRO IV IOG: REGNANTE/ OB.: FROUVENBURGIAE/ 1543”

Paris, (Drouart), 1843

The Kornik Library of the Polish Academy of Sciences, collection of graphics, cat. no. C I 17
Steel engraving, plate. 40 x 30 cm (sheet: 44 x 33,5)

Torso in profile turned into the left side (in a fact likeness of Johann Stöffler) after XVII-th graphics by B. Moncornet, the signs of the zodiac in the background; beside the inscription: EX AUTHENTICO PROTOTIPO ERAS [mi] REINHOLDI, F[ECIT]. A[ntoni]. OLESZ [czyński] P[olonus]. A frame with the figures of polish personages connected to Copernicus and its work, as well explanatory inscriptions. At the bottom nine various images of Copernicus.


Oleszczyński Anthony after Reinhold Erasm

NICHOLAS COPERNICUS (1473-1543). ASTRONOMER AND ITS 9 OTHER PORTRAITS AS WELL PORTRAITS OF PERSON CONNECTED TO HIM.

Paris, 1855

The Library of the Polish Academy of Arts and Sciences and the Polish Academy of Sciences in Cracow, top. POL II – cat. 008396

steel engraving : 39,7 x 30,1 cm

The main portraits represents by mistake Johann Stoeffler. In the lower part inscription: Nic. Copernicus Natus Thorunii in Polonia 1473 and other ones.


Oleszczyński (1794-1879)

2. PICTURE ON OCCASION OF 300 TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE N. COPERNICUS DEATH AND HIS WORK "DE REVOLUTIONIBUS"

Before 1853, Paris

The Jagiellonian University Museum, 10569-1820/II

Test print, steel engraving 51 x 36,2 cm, paper


Antoni Oleszczyński

PORTRAIT OF NICHOLAS COPERNICUS [IN A FACT OF J. STOFFLER]

1843 r.

The Nicolaus Copernicus Museum in Frombork MF / G / 137; MF / G / 146; MF / G / 150

Paper, steel engraving; 40 x 30 cm

Oval portrait surrounded by figures of astronomers and scholars of different epochs, below in the lower part of the main engraving a series of Copernicus’ portraits after the most known artists.


A. Oleszczyński

PORTRAIT OF N. COPERNICUS

1855, Paris

The Jagiellonian University Museum, 6227-5/II

Paper , steel engraving, 54 x 42 cm


Fabian Sarnecki (1800-1894)

UNTITLED

Poznań, no year

The Kornik Library of the Polish Academy of Sciences, collection of graphics, cat. no. AO VII 654

Pencil on the tracing paper, 12,3 x 16,8 cm

Sitting Copernicus seen from the front leaning against a globe, holding a drawing on his knees and a trammel in his right hand.


J.G.

MIKOLAY KOPERNIK

Warsaw, 1826

The Kornik Library of the Polish Academy of Sciences, collection of graphics, cat. no. B XI 801

Lithograph, 43,4 x 29,4 cm

Copernicus bust turned ¾ to right, model of heliocentric system kept in the left hand.


Unknown

"IN MEMORY OF 400 ANNIVERSARY OF NICOLAUS COPERNICUS’ BIRTHDAY CELEBRATED THANKS TO EFFORT AND EXPENDITURE OF THE COUNCIL OF CITY CRACOW”

Cracow, (Lit. J. Brydak and I. Bielikiewicz), 1873

The Kornik Library of the Polish Academy of Sciences, collection of graphics, cat. no. B XV 1045

Lithograph, 43,5 x 35,4 cm

In the upper part image of Nicholas Copernicus after Jan Matejko. Below astronomer’s biography. At the back “Order of ceremony of 400-th birthday celebrated in Cracow on 18-20th February 1873.”


Tadeusz Cieślewski Syn (1895-1944)

"NICOLAUS COPERNICUS"

Warsaw, 1943

The Kornik Library of the Polish Academy of Sciences, collection of graphics, cat. no. B XXXIX 1845

Woodcut, 21,9 x 14 cm (sheet 28,2 x 19 cm)

Figure of Copernicus with a book and a trammel, the heliocentric system in the background, below view of Torun and a book.


M-me Lesueur wg Ferdinanda Sébastiana Vernier

"STATUE DE KOPERNIK À WARSOVIE/ EST'ATUA DE COPERNICO EN VARSOVIE"

Paris, 1840

The Kornik Library of the Polish Academy of Sciences, collection of graphics, cat. no. A XIV 1085

Steel engraving, plate. 13,9 x 9 cm (sheet 21,7 x 13,8 cm)

Copernicus’ statue by B. Thorwaldsen in Warsaw. The astronomer in profile turned into right, out of : Ch. Foster, Pologne, Paris, issued after 1840 before 1871, tab. 46.


M. Lesseur after picture by Vernier

STATUE TO NICOLAUS COPERNICUS IN WARSAW 1840

The Nicolaus Copernicus Museum in Frombork MF / G / 9

Paper, steel engraving ; 17,7 x 11,3 cm


Liesueur after Vertiera

STATUE TO NICOLAUS COPERNICUS IN WARSAW [STATUE DE KOPERNIK A VARSOVIE]

1840 r., Paris

The Nicolaus Copernicus Museum in Frombork MF/ G / 240; MF / G / 245

Paper, steel engraving; 20 x 12 cm

Out of edition by M. Charles Forster, Pologne, Paris 1840 ., statue to Copernicus in profile, armillary sphere in his hand


Balthasar Moncornet (ca. 1600-1668) I. Mittannour Chamahista (?),

"DOMNUS [!] NICOLAUS COPERNICUS, SACERDOS, CANONICUS/ REGULARIS, ASTRONOMORUM KORYPHAEUS" (IN A FACT LIKENESS OF JOHANN STOEFFLER)

Before 1668

The Kornik Library of the Polish Academy of Sciences, collection of graphics, cat. no. A XXVI 2185

Copperplate, 15,6 x 11,5 cm

Torso in a profile into the left side in the oval-shaped frame, inscription on the level of the mouth: "Spes mea in Deo Jesu". In the upper part a picture of heliocentric system, below tree crossed torches, the bishop’s cross on the other side. At the bottom inscription: „Ex Authentico Prototypo Erasmi Reinholdi, Copernic, Trutinat Terrae, Lunae que Labores,/ Sidereas Monstrat Pausas, Abstrusa que Pandit. Faciebat I. Mittannour Chamahista Moncornet Excudit”.

Engraving after supposedly authentic portrait of N. Copernicus which was owned by German astronomer Erasm Reinhold.


Unknown

"DOMNUS (!) NICOLAUS COPERNICUS, SACERDOS, CANONICUS/ REGULARIS, ASTRONOMORUM KORYPHAEUS" (IN A FACT LIKENESS OF JOHANN STOEFFLER)

Second half of XVII.

The Kornik Library of the Polish Academy of Sciences, collection of graphics, cat. no. A XXVI 2187

Copperplate, plate: 17,8 x 11 cm (sheet: 25,1 x 17,2)

Torso in a profile into the right in the oval-shaped. Engraving after graphics of Balthasar Moncornet dated before 1668 .


Unknown

„DOMNUS (!) NICOLAUS COPERNICUS, SACERDOS, CANONICUS/ REGULARIS, ASTRONOMORUM KORYPHAEUS” (IN A FACT LIKENESS OF JOHANN STOEFFLER).

.
The Kornik Library of the Polish Academy of Sciences, collection of graphics, cat. no. A III 154

Lithograph, 15,6 x 14,4 cm

Torso in a profile into the left. Picture after copperplate by Balthasar Moncornet dated before 1668 .


Jan Ferdynand Gotfryd Krethlow (1767-1842)

„NICOLAUS KOPERNIKUS / NICOLAS COPERNIC”

Berlin, 1795

The Kornik Library of the Polish Academy of Sciences, collection of graphics, cat. no. B XI 802

Copperplate, 9,3 x 6,7 cm

Bust into the left against an oval background. Picture from: Almanach historique et généalogique pour l'année bissextile 1796 ..., Berlin 1796.


Theodor de Bry (1528-1598) after woodcut by Tobias Stimmera

"NICOLAUS COPERNICUS TORNAEUS BORUSSUS, MATHEMAT. NAT AO. 1473. OB. 1543"

Frankfort on the Men, 1598

The Kornik Library of the Polish Academy of Sciences, collection of graphics, cat. no. A XXVI 2186

Copperplate, plate 13,8 x 10,7 cm (sheet: 19,4 x 15,2)

Torso turned ¾ to left with the lily of valley, inscription in the rectangle frame with a fixture ornament, horns of plenty at the corners and the plate in the lower part with the inscription: "Non docet instabiles Copernicus aetheris orbes, / Sed terra instabiles arguit ille vices. Vu 2".

Engraving after: J. Boissard, Icones virorum illustrium ..., vol. 3, Francfordii ad Moenum 1568, tab. 48, p. 314


Teodor de Bry

NICOLAUS COPERNICUS PORTRAIT

1598 r. [ edit.1650 r.]

The Nicolaus Copernicus Museum in Frombork MF/ G / 5; MF / 138; MF / G / 246 - very poor condition

The Varmian and Mazurian Museum in Olsztyn, G 1669 OMO
The Regional Museum of Torun; cat. no MT/MK/46.
The Jagiellonian University Museum, 11274-2276/II

Paper, copperplate; 13,8 x 10,7 cm

Picture after Boissard J.J., Icones virorum illustrium doctrina...
Francfordii ad M., 1598



Johann Jakob Vogel (acting 1670-1690) after an epitaph portrait in St. John’s Church in Torun

„NICOLAUS COPERNICUS THORUNENSIS PRUSSUS, MATHEMATICUS CELEBERIMUS/ EX MONUMENTO TORUNENSI EXPRESSUS”.

Frankfurt on the Men, 1683

The Kornik Library of The Polish Academy of Sciences, collection of graphics, cat. no.. B XII 866

The Varmian and Mazurian Museum in Olsztyn; cat. no G 689 OMO

Copperplate, plate: 20,6 x 15,2 cm (sheet 26,4 x 19,7)

Torso turned ¾ to right hands joined in the prayer before crucifix, in the distance an armillary sphere and a trammel standing on the shelf. In the lower part a plate with the inscription: „Non parem Pauli gratiam requiro/ Veniam Petri neq polco, sed quam/ In crucis ligno dederas latroni/ sedulus oro”.

Graphic after: C. Hartknoch, Alt- und Neues Preussen geschrieben durch ..., Frankfurt 1683, p. 371


Georg Engelbach (1817-1894) after the picture by Tytus Maleszewski (1827-1898) based on a painting supposed authorship of Ghirlandajo

NICOLAUS COPERNICUS

Berlin, latter part of XIX.

The Kornik Library of The Polish Academy of Sciences, collection of graphics, cat. no.. D VI 129

Lithograph, 65,6 x 48,8 cm (sheet 74,8 x 65,0 cm)

Bust into right, model of the heliocentric system in the left hand.


G.Engelbach after Tadeusz Maleszewski and Ghirlandaio

NICOLAUS COPERNICUS’ PORTRAIT

1873

The Nicolaus Copernicus Museum in Frombork, MF / G / 171

Paper, lithograph; 58,8 x 42,5 cm

Printed: W. Korn, Berlin


T. Maleszewski, lit. G. Engelbach

NICOLAUS COPERNICUS’ –ENGRAVING

Second half of XIX c. Berlin

The Jagiellonian University Museum, 15529-2381/II

Lithograph, paper 77 x 62,5 cm


Henr yk Redlich (1838-1884) after Wojciech Gerson (1831-1901)

COPERNICUS LECTURING THE ASTRONOMY IN ROME IN 1500 YEAR.

TOWARZYSTWO ZACHETY SZTUK PIEKNYCH W KR ÓLESTWIE POLSKIM CZŁONKOM SWOIM ZA ROK 1877" / (THE ASSOCIATION OF FINE ARTS PROMOTION IN CONGRESS KINGDOM OF POLAND THEIR OWN MEMBERS IN 1877).

Munich (print Fr. Felsing), 1877

The Kornik Library of The Polish Academy of Sciences, collection of graphics, cat. no. CXXVIII 2486

Copperplate, plate: 37,5 x 49,7 cm (sheet: 42,8 x 58 cm)

Copernicus’ figure standing at the professor’s desk before listening to him the Pope Alexander VI and the group of scholars and artists among whose are: Castiglione, Bembo, Perugino, Dominik Marja, Michelozzi, M.A. Buonarotti, Cesar Borgia, Leonardo da Vinci, Fracastor and Bramante.


Henryk Redlich after a picture by Wojciech Gersona

COPERNICUS LECTURING ON THE ASTRONOMY IN ROME 1500

Munich, second half of the XIX c.

Zamoysky Museum in Kozlowka, MPK/MR/1163

copperplate on the white blotting paper, 37,5 x 49,9 cm ( 53,5 x 70,9 cm)


Henryk Redlich after a picture by Wojciech Gersona

COPERNICUS LECTURING ON THE ASTRONOMY IN ROME 1500

Munich, 1877

The Varmian and Mazurian Museum in Olsztyn,cat. no G 1854 OMO

Lithograph, 29,5 x 45,2 cm


Henryk Redlich (1838-1884) after Wojciech Gerson (1831-1901)

"N I C O L Ò C O P E R N I C O - SPIEGA IL SUO SISTEMA DINANZI ALESSANDRO VI/ E LA SUA CORTE/ QUADRO DI ALBERTO GERSON DI VARSOVIA"

ca. 1877

The Kornik Library of The Polish Academy of Sciences, collection of graphics, cat. no. CXXXI 2733

Lithograph, stone 26,2 x 40,6 cm (sheet 32,5 x 47,5 cm)

Copernicus’ figure standing at the professor’s desk before listening to him the Pope Alexander VI and the group of scholars and artists among whose are: Castiglione, Perugino, Bembo, Dominik Marja, Michelozzi, M.A. Buonarotti, Cesar Borgia, Leonardo da Vinci, Fracastor and Bramante


Henryk Redlich after Wojciech Gerson

COPERNICUS’ LECTURE IN ROME

1877

The Nicolaus Copernicus Museum in Frombork, inv. MF / G / 170

Paper, aquatint; 40 x 50 cm


Fajans Maksymilian after Orda Napoleon

TORUN. COPERNICUS’ HOUSE

Warsaw ?

The Library of the Polish Academy of Arts and Sciences and the Polish Academy of Sciences in Cracow, 8/II – 1017: nr 166

Lithograph, 30,1 x 45,5 cm (folio)

In the lower part inscript. : Rys. z natury Napoleon Orda – Lit. w Lit. M. Fajansa w Warszawie:

Below: Toruń nad Wisłą/ ( Zachodnie Prusy); below in two lines: Dom w którym się urodził... 1543; acompanied by french translation


Styfi Jan after Matejko Jan

NICOLAUS COPERNICUS

?

The Library of the Polish Academy of Arts and Sciences and the Polish Academy of Sciences in Cracow, 8/III - 1026:nr 21

wood engraving, 44,2 x 64,0 cm folio

(.............................................................)

Engr. Styfi Jan after pict. by: Matejko Jan

NICOLAUS COPERNICUS

1876

The L. Wyczolkowski Regional Museum in Bydgoszcz, MOB/S/420

Wood engraving, 29,2 x 30,3 cm picture


J. Styfi

N. COPERNICUS’ PORTRAIT

XIX w.

The Regional Museum of Torun, cat. no. MT/MK/182

?

Inscription: „Podług portretu w Muzeum Galileusz w Torr del Galle Florencya”. Copernicus at the desk holding a feather in his right hand and papers in the other one.


Jan Styfi after picture by J. Matejki

NICOLAUS COPERNICUS

1874,

woodcut pen of "Kłosy" in Warsaw (journal)

The Jagiellonian University Museum, 8642/1140/II

Paper, woodcut; 38 x 55,5 cm


Kinath Z.

NICOLAUS COPERNICUS

Cracow, 1934

The Library of the Polish Academy of Arts and Sciences and the Polish Academy of Sciences in Cracow, top. Pol I – inv. no 035139; inv.no 37966

woodcut ; 18,4 x 13,7 cm

Bibliophilic incription with a monogram MKT on the binding and written in verse: Recepta biblofilska (sic!) / Cny bibjofilu... wyniesie/ Kraków 4.III. 1934


Tobiasz Stimmer

NICOLAUS COPERNICUS’ PORTRAIT

1597

The Nicolaus Copernicus Museum in Frombork, cat. no MF / G / 7
The Regional Museum of Torun , inv. no MT/MK/24
The National Museum of Wroclaw, inv. no VII-8210/1

Paper, woodcut; 13,9 x 8,3 cm

The oldest graphical image of Copernicus

Picture out of : Icones sive imagines virorum literis ilustrium...

Recensente Nicolao Reusnero I.C., Argentorati 1587


Conquy [Ephraim]

COPERNICUS

Before 1843

The Silesian Library, sign. G 261 III

steel engraving 9 x 9 cm


Horwart Ludwik

NICOLAUS COPERNICUS THE VARMIA CANON

Warsaw, 1829

The Public Library of Warsaw, Gr. 1542
The Silesian Library, Sign. G 7472 III
Provincial Public Library in Lublin, sign. T. XIII inv. no 1982

Lithograph, 11,2 x 12 cm – portrait, 24 x 18 cm – with the text

portrait with wide biographic note, one of the series: “portrety Królów polskich ludzi sławnych z opisem krótkim ich życia wydał J. Kosmiński 1829”, 1830 Warsaw.


Osadczy Ryszard

MIKOŁAJ KOPERNIK

Katowice, 1973

The Silesian Library in Katowice, sign. G 265 V

Aqua-fortis etching, colour aquatint, 4/100, 63 x 48 cm framed graphics


Stryjec Ryszard

KOPERNIK

Gdańsk, 1970

The Public Library of Warsaw, Gr. 3336

Copperplate, 15/50 (dry etching), 32,4 x 32 cm

Copernicus’ bust turned ¾ to right, in the left upper corner a sand-glass, in the background astronomical instruments and the building, from: „Mikołaj Kopernik. Teka Graficzna” Gdańsk 1972, Printing house of ZPAP – Gdańsk (Oficyna Doświadczalna pracownia Graficzna przy ZPAP – Gdańsk)


Rosmäsler Joh. Adolf

NICOLAUS COPERNICUS

Zwickau, 1819

The Public Library of Warsaw, Gr. 1563
The Nicolaus Copernicus Museum in Frombork, MF/G/168

copperplate (grain-end), 18,8 x 11,8 cm

Bust turned ¾ to right with an astronomical instrument symbolising heliocentric system in the right hand.


Carl Barth

COPERNICUS

Hildburghausen, 1855

The Public Library of Warsaw, Gr. 1717

Steel engraving, 14,4 x 8,6 cm (cut)

Coming from : Meyer J. „Neues Conversations Lexicon” Hildburghausen, V.2 1855, p. 446


Carl Barth

COPERNICUS

Second half of XIX c.

The Regional Museum of Torun, inv. no MT/MK/13

Steel engraving, 15,5 x 12,5 cm


C[arl] Barth

NICOLAUS COPERNICUS

1855

The Nicolaus Copernicus Museum in Frombork, MF/ G / 8

Paper, steel engraving; 13,4 x 9,4 cm

Picture coming from: J.Meyer, Lexicon...,Hildburghausen 1855


Jan Ligber

NICOLAUS COPERNICUS FROM PAINTING BELONGED TO THE KING STANISLAW AUGUST AT BELVEDERE

Warsaw, 1804

The Public Library in Warsaw, Gr. 1719
Provincial Public Library of Lublin, V.IV inv. no 139

Copperplate (grain-end), 19,2 x 12,1 cm

Bust turned ¾ to left, with arms folded in the left one lily of valley in oval framed background.


Jan Ligber

Nicolaus Copernicus portrait

Ca. 1803, Warsaw

The Nicolaus Copernicus Museum in Frombork, inv. no MF / G / 145; MF / G / 296

Paper, copperplate; 15,9 x 12,1 cm

Below the print inscription: Z Obrazów Króla Stanisława Augusta w Belwederze.

Coming from: Adam Naruszewicz “History of the Polish Nation” (Historya Narodu Polskiego), Warsaw 1803.


Jan Ligber

NICOLAUS COPERNICUS PORTRAIT

Ca. 1804 r. , Warszawa

The Jagiellonian University Museum, 6542-340/II

Paper, copperplate, 32,5 x 24,4 cm incl. frame


Aleksander Regulski after pict. by Jan Matejko, based on copperplate by Jeremiasz Falck

NICOLAUS COPERNICUS 1473-1873

Warsaw, 1873

The Public Library of Warsaw, Gr. 3508
The Varmian and Mazurian Museum in Olsztyn, inv. no . G 1959 OMO

Woodcut, decorative rim on the yellow tint, 43,8 x 34,6 cm

Bust turned ¾ to right, in decorative fringe, premium for subscribers „Tygodnik Ilustrowany” for the first quarter of 1873


Steifensand Xaver after Adolfa Menzla project

COPERNICUS

?, first half of XIX c.

Provincial Public Library of Lublin, sign. T. IV inv. no. 329
The Varmian and Mazurian Museum in Olsztyn, inv. no. G 1670 OMO

Steel engraving 15,6 x 9,2 cm

Astronomer against a background of apartment in the left hand a lunette the right one upraised is showing the window.


W. Gerson

NICOLAUS COPERNICUS LECTURING ON HIS THEORIES IN ROME

1864

The Regional Museum of Torun , inv. no. MT/MK/ 931

Paper, woodcut 25 x 32 cm


Unknown

N. COPERNICUS STATUE IN WARSAW – A PRINT

Poland, XIX c.

The Jagiellonian University Museum, 16179-2934/II

Paper, woodcut 20,3 x 16,4 cm

The statue – by Thordvaldsen – probably printed on leaflets on occasion of unveiling of the monument


Engr. A. Piliński, pict. T. Mielcarzewicz

COPERNICUS’ HOUSE IN TORUN A PRINT

1842, Paris

The Jagiellonian University Museum, 16530-2943/II

Paper , steel engraving, 17,5 x 28 cm


Antonio Zezo after pict. by G.Ruo

NICHOLAS COPERNICUS DURING OBSERVATION [COPERNICUS IN OBSERVAZIONE]

XIX

The Nicolaus Copernicus Museum in Frombok, MF / G / 12

Paper, lithograph; 20,2 x 16 cm

Copernicus wearing a cloth of beginning XVIII standing outdoor near to a lunette.


Kruszyński

NICOLAUS COPERNICUS PORTRAIT [AS A FACT J.STOFFLER ]

1843

The Nicolaus Copernicus Museum in Frombok, MF / G / 141

Paper, lithograph; 40 x 30 cm


Leon Wyczółkowski

NICOLAUS COPERNICUS’ PORTRAIT

1923

The Nicolaus Copernicus Museum in Frombok, MF / G / 142

Paper, ink, chalk; 39 x 27,5 cm


Scheffer w/g Basaeti’ego

NICOLAUS COPERNICUS PORTRAIT

XIX [after picture of 1512 ], Vienna

The Nicolaus Copernicus Museum in Frombork, MF / G / 143; MF / G / 227

Paper, lithograph; 48,6 x 35,4 cm


Pict. and engr. Johann Scheffer / 1795-1822/ after painting by Marea Basaiti

NICOLAUS COPERNICUS PORTRAIT

Ca. 1820, Vienna, Austria

The Jagiellonian University Museum, 6229-3/II

Paper, lithograph, 53 x 40,5 cm incl. frame


Nicolaus Dandelau

NICOLAUS COPERNICUS PORTRAIT [Nicolas Copernic]

Second half of XVIII c.

The Nicolaus Copernicus Museum in Frombork MF / G / 144

Paper, copperplate; 28,5 x 22 cm

Below the print a 10 line dedication text with a coat of arms of de Sartine a king counsellor placed in the middle


Author anonymous

NICOLAUS COPERNICUS’ PORTRAIT AND VARSOVIAN COPERNICUS’ STATUE

- TEXT ILLUSTRATION

1834

The Nicolaus Copernicus Museum in Frombork, MF / G / 319

Paper, steel engraving

coming from: Przyjaciel Ludu, No 2, 1834, Leszno


Edward Scriven

NICOLAUS COPERNICUS’ PORTRAIT

After 1776

The Nicolaus Copernicus Museum in Frombork MF / G / 151

Paper, etching; 12,8 x 10,4 cm

Inscription below: Nicolao Copernico

From a Picture in the Possesion of the Royal Society*

Printed by Dr. Wolf of Danzic June 6, 1776

.


Engr. Edward Scriven (1775-1841)

"NICOLAO COPERNICO"- A PRINT

1833, England, London

The Jagiellonian University Museum, 16321-2942/II

Paper, steel engraving, 21,6 x 13,6 cm , framed 25 x 20 cm

After copperplate by Th. Path of 1782


Gotfryd Engelmann w/g Vigneron’a

NICOLAUS COPERNICUS’ PORTRAIT

Beg. XIX w.

The Nicolaus Copernicus Museum in Frombork, MF / G / 152

Paper, lithograph; 26 x 20,4 cm


LLBN

NICOLAUS COPERNICUS’ PORTRAIT

Beginning of XIX c

The Nicolaus Copernicus Museum in Frombork,MF / G / 153

Paper, lithograph; 15 x 11 cm


C. Westermayer

NICOLAUS COPERNICUS’ PORTRAIT

1803 r.

The Nicolaus Copernicus Museum in Frombork, MF / G / 158

Paper, copperplate; 13,8 x 8,8 cm

Below the print inscription: Nicolaus Copernicus

Geb. zu Thorn 19 Febr. 1473 Gestorb in Ermeland d. 24 May 1543.


V.Angerer after Lesser

THE LAST MOMENT OF COPERNICUS

1873

The Nicolaus Copernicus Museum in Frombork, MF / G / 161

Paper, heliography; 25,5 x 29 cm

Copernicus sitting in an armchair surrounded by a bishop, canons and servants.


Ludwik Letronne [ after litograph by Scheffer ]

NICOLAUS COPERNICUS’ PORTRAIT

1823, Warsaw

The Nicolaus Copernicus Museum in Frombork, MF / G / 173

Paper, lithograph; 42 x 34 cm

Below the print inscription: Mikołaj Kopernik urodzony w Toruniu 1473 r. pod panowaniem Kazimierza Jagiellończyka Królewsko Warszawskiemu Towarzystwu Przyjaciół Nauk ofiarowuje autor.

Below four line poem by l.Osinski dedicated to Copernicus


Karol de la Haye

NICOLAUS COPERNICUS ACCOMPANIED BY URANYA AND FIVE FAMOUS ASTRONOMERS

1690, Gdansk

The Nicolaus Copernicus Museum in Frombork, MF / G / 176

Paper, copperplate; 30,7 x 38 cm

Frontispiece print coming from work by J.Hevelius Prodromus Astronomiae,

Gdansk 1690 .. Astronomers and Uranya sitting at the table, on boards explanations about their identity and works, above observatory terrace with the Hevelius instruments.


Karol de la Haye after Andrew Stecha

N. COPERNICUS – AS ONE OF THE FAMOUS ASTRONOMERS

1687, Gdańsk

The Nicolaus Copernicus Museum in Frombork, MF / G / 177

Paper, copperplate; 29,7 x 36,8 cm

Frontispiece print coming from work by J.Hevelius Firmamentum Sobiescianum,

Gdansk 1687 .. Uranya sitting at the table accompanied by famous astronomers, N. Copernicus first on the right side.


John Holewiński after Andriolly

NICOLAUS COPERNICUS, HIS PREDECESSORS AND SUCCESSORS

1873 [after pict. of 1872], Warsaw

The Nicolaus Copernicus Museum in Frombork, MF / G / 226

Paper, woodcut; 40 x 55 cm

Copernicus lecturing in the gothic hall most famous astronomers gathered around him both his predecessors, contemporaries and successors as well.


Unknown

THE NICOLAUS COPERNICUS’ STATUE IN TORUN

1873

The Nicolaus Copernicus Museum in Frombork, MF / G / 234; MF / G / 288

Paper, woodcut; 15 x 12 cm

Illustration in the text of „Kłosy” weekly magazine of 1873.


Unknown

The Nicolaus Copernicus’ statue in Warsaw

1873

The Nicolaus Copernicus Museum in Frombork, MF / G / 235; MF / G / 287

Paper, woodcut, 15 x 12 cm

Illustration in the text of „Kłosy” weekly magazine of 1873


Maria Hermann

NICOLAUS COPERNICUS’ PORTRAIT

Beg. of XIX [lithography pen of A. Brzezina in Warsaw]

The Nicolaus Copernicus Museum in Frombork, MF / G / 265

Paper, lithograph; 19 x 14,2 cm


Ewa Piotrowski

THE SOUTH-EAST CORNER OF THE COLLEGIUM MAIUS YARD WITH THE COPERNICUS’ STATUE OF 1900

1980, England

The Jagiellonian University Museum, 9593-2532/II

ardboard, pencil, chalk, 16 x 12 cm/ carnet


J. Matejko

N. COPERNICUS’ PORTRAIT

Cracow

The Jagiellonian University Museum, 8648-1146/II

Paper on a cardboard, tinted, outline stressed with pencil, 66 x 48 cm


Unknown after painting by J. Matejko

PRINT N. COPERNICUS

XIX, Cracow, Lit. J. Brydeke and I. Bielikiewicz

The Jagiellonian University Museum, 8635-1132/II

Paper , lithograph, 43,5 x 32 cm


pict. J. Piwarski, engr. F. Dietrich

N. COPERNICUS’ MONUMENT

XIX

The Jagiellonian University Museum, 7501-680/II

Paper, etching 55 x 43 cm rectangular


After pict. by Jan Nepomucen Bizańsky (1804-1878)

N. COPERNICUS’ MONUMENT IN THE ST ANN CHURCH IN CRACOW

Ca. 1830, Cracow

The Jagiellonian University Museum, 6228 - 4/II

Paper , lithograph 55 x 43,5 cm


rys. Giowanni Colzi, lit. Salucci

NICOLAUS COPERNICUS’ PORTRAIT

XVIII/XIX c., Italy

The Jagiellonian University Museum, 6541-2/II

Paper, lithograph 42,5 x 28 cm framed


Unknown

N. COPERNICUS’ PORTRAIT

beginning of the XX

The Varmian and Mazurian Museum in Olsztyn, inv. no. G 1672 OMO

lithograph 24,2 x 17,1 cm


Unknown

N. COPERNICUS’ PORTRAIT

?

The Varmian and Mazurian Museum in Olsztyn, inv. no. G 2553 OMO

copperplate 18 x 13,4 cm


SCULPTURES IN COLLECTIONS OF THE POLISH MUSEUMS


After Frederick Christian Tieck (1776-1851), Würtembergische Metallwaren Fabrik

STATUETTE TO NICOLAUS COPERNICUS,

Geisslingen (Würtembergia), XIX/XX w.

The Kornik Library of The Polish Academy of Sciences, collection of graphics, cat. no. MK 1201

Steel alloy, cast, height 9 cm, pedestal diameter 2,7 cm

Statuette of standing Copernicus with the right hand upraised and a globe (armillary sphere ?) kept in the left one. Figure placed on the round pedestal with inscription in Latin: "NICOLAUS COPERNICUS THORUNENSIS TERRAE MOTOR SOLIS CAELIQUE STATOR".

Miniature copy of the statue in Toruń unveiled in 1853, however pedestal of statue in Toruń is square.


Wiktor Brodzki (1826-1904)

SCULPTURE- N. COPERNICUS’ BUST

1873

The National Museum of Poznan, inv. no MNP/P/164

White marble, 65 x 50 x 32 cm

After drawing on sphere configuration


Konstanty Laszczka

SCULPTURE- HEAD OF N. COPERNICUS

Poland, first half of XIX c.

The Regional Museum of Torun, inv. no MT/MK/819

Bronze, height 38 cm


Franciszek Wyspiański

N. COPERNICUS’ BUST

1862, Cracow

The Jagiellonian University Museum, 14158-23/III

Plaster cast black patinized 58 x 43 x 31 cm.


Teodor Rygier

N. COPERNICUS’ BUST

1878, Rome

The Jagiellonian University Museum, 186-132/III

Plaster patinized with oil for black marble, height 66 cm


Bronisław Chromy

STATUE TO NICOLAUS COPERNICUS

Ca. 1964, Cracow

The Jagiellonian University Museum, 6063-867/III

Bronze on wooden base, height 70 cm


MEDALS WITH COPERNICUS’ IMAGES IN POLISH MUSEUMS COLLECTIONS


The publisher: Amadee Durand (1789-1873), the author of the project: Mathias Nicolas Marie Vivier

THE MEDAL – NICOLAUS COPERNICUS

1820

The Leon Wyczółkowski Regional Museum of Bydgoszcz, MOB/ Me 1005

Bronze, minted, diameter 41 mm


Józef Majnert (1812-1872)

THE MEDAL – NICOLAUS COPERNICUS

Year 1830

The Leon Wyczółkowski Regional Museum of Bydgoszcz, MOB/Me 1014

Tin, minted, diameter 60 mm


Fryderyk Wilhelm Below (1822-1895) – the author of the project, Osterloff’s Workshop in Berlin

THE MEDAL – NICOLAUS COPERNICUS

1873, Berlin

The Leon Wyczółkowski Regional Museum of Bydgoszcz, MOB/Me 1003

Tin, minted, diameter 64,8 mm


Giovanni Vagnetti (?- 1899), the publisher: Artur Wołyński

THE MEDAL – NICOLAUS COPERNICUS

1879

The Leon Wyczółkowski Regional Museum of Bydgoszcz, MOB/Me 1004

Bronze, minted, diameter 65 mm


The publisher : Amadee Durand (1789-1873, the author of the project: Mathias Nicolas Marie Vivier

THE MEDAL – NICOLAUS COPERNICUS

1820

The National Museum in Wrocław, cat No X-5397

?

From series about famous people


Fryderyk Wilhelm Below (1822-1895) – the author of the project, Osterloff’s Workshop in Berlin

THE MEDAL – NICOLAUS COPERNICUS

1873, Berlin

The National Museum in Wrocław, X-24031, X - 3990

?

On the occasion of 400th anniversary of birth of M. Copernicus


Louis Michel Petit, sculpture and medallist; the publisher: Amadee Durand.

MEDAL MINTED IN FRANCE WITHIN THE CONFINES OF THE SERIES NUMISMATICA UNIVERSLIS VIRORUM ILLUSTRIUM.

1818, France

The Nicolaus Copernicus Museum in Frombork, MF/N/220;

The Regional Museum in Toruń, cat No MT/MK/562-563

Bronze, diameter 41 mm

Obverse:: a bust of Copernicus, captured from the side-face; an inscription in the rim: NICOLAUS COPERNICUS.

Reverse: a nine verse inscription in the field: NATUS/ TORUNI/ IN PRUSSIA/ A.N. MCCCCLXXIII./ OBIT A.N. MDXLIII/


Godel, the publisher: Amadee Durand.

THE MEDAL MINTED IN FRANCE WITHIN THE SERIES NUMISMATICA UNIVERSLIS VIRORUM ILLUSTRIUM.(SECOND EDITION)

1820, France

The Nicolaus Copernicus Museum in Frombork, MF/N/1468 ;
The Regional Museum in Toruń MT/MK/553, MT/MK/567, MT/MK/568

Iron, diameter 41 mm

Obverse:: a bust of Copernicus, captured from the side-face; an inscription in the rim: NICOLAUS COPERNICUS.

Reverse: a nine verse inscription in the field: NATUS/ / A.N. MCCCCLXXIII./TORUNI IN POLONIA/ CASIMIRO IV/ JAGIELLONIDE REGNANTE/ OBIT/ A.N. MDXLIII/


Józef Majnert, medallist from Warsaw

A MEDAL MINTED BY TOWARZYSTWO PRZYJACIÓŁ NAUK IN WARSAW ON THE OCCASION OF UNVEILING THE MONUMENT OF NICOLAUS COPERNICUS SCULPTURED BY BERTEL THORDWALSEN.

1830, Warsaw

The Nicolaus Copernicus Museum in Frombork, MF/N-219;
The Regional Museum in Toruń cat No MT/MK/570,

Bronze, diameter 60 mm

Obverse:: The figure of Nicholas Copernicus in the field according to the Warsaw monument; an inscription in the rim: STA SOL.

Reverse: In the rim created by seven stars a four verse inscription:

NICOLAO COPERNICO/ POLONO/ SOCIETATIS : REG: LITER: VARS:/ M DCCC XXX.


Fryderyk Wilhelm Below, medallist from Poznań; maker: Osterloff’s Workshop in Berlin.

THE MEDAL MINTED ON THE OCCASION OF 400TH ANNIVERSARY OF BIRTH OF M. COPERNICUS BY TOWARZYSTWO PRZYJACIÓŁ NAUK IN POZNAŃ.

1873, Poznań.

The Nicolaus Copernicus Museum in Frombork, MF/N/222, 223, 334.;
The Regional Museum in Toruń, MT/MK/391, MT/MK/571-574

White metal, tin, diameter 65 mm

Obverse:: in the field - the portrait of Nicholas Copernicus holding an astrolabe in his hand; an inscription in the rim: POLSKIE WYDAŁO GO PLEMIE – WSTRZYMAŁ SŁOŃCE WZRUSZYŁ ZIEMIĘ, dates at the bottom: born in 1473, died in 1543.

Reverse: in the rim created by signs of the zodiac, a nine verse inscription: MIKOŁAJKOWI/ KOPERNIKOWI/ W CZTERECHSETNA/ ROCZNICE/ URODZIN/ NA ZIEMI POLSKIEJ/ ROKU PANSKIEGO/ MDCCCXXIII/ CZEŚĆ ODDAJA/ RODACY.


Unknown

COMMEMORATIVE PUBLISHING ON THE OCCASION OF THE 400TH ANNIVERSARY OF BIRTH OF COPERNICUS WITH THE MEDAL IN A COVER

1873,Poznań - Gniezno,

The Regional Museum in Toruń MT/MK/554

Album’s dimensions: 31 x 23,5 cm, the medal: tin, diameter 6,5 cm

The medal designed by Fryderyk Wilhelm Below (1822-1895) made in the Osterloff’s Workshop in Berlin.


Giovanni Vagnetii, Florentine painter, the publisher: Artur Wołyński, the promoter: The Museum of Nicolaus Copernicus in Rome

ThE MEDAL MINTED ON THE OCCASION OF OPENING THE MUSEUM OF NICOLAUS COPERNICUS IN ROME.

1879, Rome

The Nicolaus Copernicus Museum in Frombork, MF/N/218, N/1467
The Regional Museum in Toruń cat No MT/MK/576

Bronze, tin, diameter 64 mm

Obverse:: a bust of Copernicus after a sculpture of Teodor Rygier; an inscription in the rim: NICOLAUS COPERNICUS ASTRONOMUS POLONUS.

Reverse: the field is filled with 12 verse inscription by authorship of a professor of Latin literature in the University of Pisa, Michael Ferrucci.

Reverse: an inscription: CIVES VARSAVIENSES OFFERUNT MUSEO COPERNICANO DIE 19 FEBRUARII 1879.


Karl Goetz, Bavaria

MEDAL WITH AN IMAGE OF COPERNICUS

1934, Bavaria

The Nicolaus Copernicus Museum in Frombork, MF/N/221

Silver, diameter 36 mm

Obverse:: the bust of Nicholas Copernicus, en trois quatre, dates on the both sides 1473 1543; an inscription in the rim: NIKOLAUS . COPERNICUS . ASTRONOM.

Rt: an allegorical figure – a lad with wings holding the Sun in one hand and setting the Earth in motion by the other, an inscription in the rim: SOLIS. CAELIQVE. STATOR. TERRAE . MOTOR


F. Dormeet, Germany

THE ONE-SIDED MEDALLION EMITTED ON THE OCCASION OF 400TH ANNIVERSARY OF BIRTH OF N. COPERNICUS

1943, Germany

The Nicolaus Copernicus Museum in Frombork,MF/N/320

Silvered metal, diameter 80 mm

Obverse:: Nicholas Copernicus in the field, half-figure holding an astrolabe in his hand; in the background there is a simplified map of eastern part of the globe; a legend in the rim: NICOLAUS ……. RNICUS ADMINISTRATOR ALLENSTEIN.


Rug., Germany

A CASTING MATRIX OF THE MEDAL WITH AN IMAGE OF NICOLAUS COPERNICUS

1943, Germany

The Nicolaus Copernicus Museum in Frombork,MF/N/248

Plaster; 166 x 185 mm

A quadrilateral tabula in the centre, in a round medallion an image of Nicholas Copernicus’ head shown in a negative, a contemporary cast (the author: T. Godziszewski) demonstrates an appearance of the medal made in this form.


Fryderyk Wilhelm Below, medallist from Poznań; maker: Osterloff’s Workshop in Berlin.

THE MEDAL MINTED ON THE OCCASION OF 400TH ANNIVERSARY OF BIRTH OF N. COPERNICUS BY TOWARZYSTWO PRZYJACIÓŁ NAUK IN POZNAŃ.

1873, Poznań.

The Regional Museum in Toruń cat No MT/MK/575

B536

Bronze, diameter 65 mm

Obverse:: in the field - the portrait of Nicholas Copernicus holding an astrolabe in his hand; an inscription in the rim: POLSKIE WYDAŁO GO PLEMIE – WSTRZYMAŁ SŁOŃCE WZRUSZYŁ ZIEMIĘ, dates at the bottom: born in 1473, died in 1543.

Reverse: in the rim created by signs of the zodiac, a nine verse inscription: MIKOŁAJKOPWI/ KOPERNIKOWI/ W CZTERECHSETNA/ ROCZNICE/ URODZIN/ NA ZIEMI POLSKIEJ/ ROKU PANSKIEGO/ MDCCCXXIII/ CZEŚĆ ODDAJA/ RODACY.


Godel, publisher: Amadee Durand.

THE MEDAL MINTED IN FRANCE WITHIN THE CONFINES OF THE SERIES NUMISMATICA UNIVERSLIS VIRORUM ILLUSTRIUM.(SECOND EDITION)

1820, France

The Regional Museum in Toruń cat No MT/MK/565, MT/MK/566

White metal, bronze, diameter 41 mm

Obverse:: a bust of Copernicus, captured from the side-face; an inscription in the rim: NICOLAUS COPERNICUS.

Reverse: a nine verse inscription in the field: NATUS/ / A.N. MCCCCLXXIII./TORUNI IN POLONIA/ CASIMIRO IV/ JAGIELLONIDE REGNANTE/ OBIT/ A.N. MDXLIII/


Władysław Oleszczyński (1807-1866)

THE MEDAL IN MEMORY OF N. COPERNICUS, MINTED ON THE OCCASION OF THE EXHIBITION OF THE GREAT ASTRONOMER’S MONUMENT IN FRONT OF THE STASZIC’S PALACE IN WARSAW.

1830, Warsaw - Towarzystwo Przyjaciół Nauk in Warsaw

The Regional Museum in Toruń, MT/MK/569

Bronze , diameter 6 cm

Obverse:: in the field: a figure of M. Copernicus sitting, captured from the right side-face, after the Bertel Thorwaldsen’s sculpture.

Reverse: in the field: an inscription creating a wreath made from an oak leaves.


Unknown

THE MEDAL OF THE INDUSTRIAL SOCIETY (TOWARZYSTWO PRZEMYSŁOWE) IN TORUŃ

1897

The Regional Museum in Toruń, MT/MK/577

Silver, diameter 2,7 cm

Obverse:: in the centre of the field: a crest of Toruń under which there is an inscription on a decorative excise band: Industrial Society in Toruń , dates at the bottom: 1872-1897

reverse: in the centre of the field: the Torunian monument of Nicholas Copernicus sculptured by Fryderyk Tieck in 1853, captured ¾ to the left side.

In the upper part of the medal: a handle on an axis with one link used to hang the medal.


W.J.

THE MEDAL MINTED IN MEMORY OF N. COPERNICUS ON THE OCCASION OF 400TH ANNIVERSARY OF DEATH OF THE ASTRONOMER.

1943, London

The Regional Museum in Toruń, MT/MK/996

Silver, diameter 6 cm

Obverse:: in the field: a composition being an interpretation of Jan Matejko’s painting: “Nicholas Copernicus, that is a conversation with God” ("Nicholas Copernicus czyli rozmowa z Bogiem"); an inscription in the rim : Nicolaus Copernicus and dates 1473 - 1543

reverse: a nine verse inscription in the field


Unknown

THE MEDAL - A PLAQUE

Second half of XIX century

The Regional Museum in Toruń, MT/MK/158

Bronze, 13,5 x 12 cm

In the centre of a rectangular plate rounded in the lower part there is the Varsovian monument of N. Copernicus captured from the right side-face.


Jan Nalborczyk

THE MEDAL WITH THE IMAGE OF N. COPERNICUS

1908

The Regional Museum in Toruń, MT/MK/157

Bronze, diameter 20 cm

In the field: the bust of N. Copernicus captured from the left side-face; in the upper part a handle on an axis used for hanging the medal.


Copernican medals after the year 1945


Franciszek Kalfas, a sculptor.

THE MEDAL MINTED ON THE OCCASION OF 75TH ANNIVERSARY OF CREATING POLSKA AKADEMIA UMIEJĘTNOŚCI (THE POLISH ACADEMY OF ARTS AND SCIENCE) IN WARSAW

1948, Warsaw

The Regional Museum in Toruń, MT/MK/904

Silver; diameter 6 cm

Obverse:. In the field: the head of Nicholas Copernicus en trois quatre; an inscription in the rim: NICOLAUS COPERNICUS. QUI SOLEM. STARE TERRRAM . MOVERI IUSSIT.

Reverse: In the centre: a six verse inscription: XV/LUSTRIS/FELICITER/PERACTIS/ MDCCCLXXIII/MCMXLVIII; legend in the rim: ACADEMIA. LITTERARUM. ET. SCIENTIARUM. POLONA.


Franciszek Kalfas, a sculptor.

THE MEDAL MINTED ON THE OCCASION OF 75TH ANNIVERSARY OF POLSKA AKADEMIA UMIEJĘTNOŚCI (THE POLISH ACADEMY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES) IN WARSAW

1948, Warsaw

The Nicolaus Copernicus Museum in Frombork, MF/ N/ 1469

Bronze, bronze silvered; diameter 60 mm

Obverse:. In the field the head of Nicholas Copernicus en trois quatre; an inscription in the rim: NICOLAUS COPERNICUS. QUI SOLEM. STARE TERRRAM . MOVERI IUSSIT.

Reverse: In the centre a six verse inscription: XV/LUSTRIS/FELICITER/PERACTIS/ MDCCCLXXIII/MCMXLVIII; a caption in the rim: ACADEMIA. LITTERARUM. ET. SCIENTIARUM. POLONA.


Józef Aumiler, a medallist from Warsaw

A ONE-SIDE MEDAL WITH AN IMAGE OF NICOLAUS COPERNICUS

1963, Warsaw

The Nicolaus Copernicus Museum in Frombork, MF/ N/468

Bronze; diameter 115 mm

Obverse:. In the field the head of Nicholas Copernicus, a view of the side-face; inscriptions on both sides: MIKOŁAJ KOPERNIK


Stefan Rufin Koźbielewski, a medallist from Warsaw.

A ONE-SIDE PLAQUE MINTED ON THE OCCASION OF XVII INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS OF HISTORY OF MEDICINE IN WARSAW AND KRAKOW

1962, Warsaw

The Nicolaus Copernicus Museum in Frombork, MF/ N/1470

Bronze; diameter 50 x 40 mm

Obverse:. In the field the bust of Nicholas Copernicus holding a sprig of a lily of the valley – a symbol of medical science, above an inscription NICOLAUS COPERNICUS.


Józef Proszowski, a sculptor from Warsaw

A ONE-SIDE MEDALLION WITH THE IMAGE OF COPERNICUS

1956, Warsaw

The Nicolaus Copernicus Museum in Frombork,MF/ N/887

Bronze; 400 x 400 mm

Obverse: The head of Nicholas Copernicus captured from the side-face, a caption in the rim: NICHOLAS COPERNICUS x 1473 x 1543


Edward Ryszard Haupt, medallist from Poznań

THE MEDALLION WITH THE IMAGE OF NICOLAUS COPERNICUS

First half of XX century, Poznań

The Nicolaus Copernicus Museum in Frombork, MF/ N/1471

Bronze; diameter 155 mm

Obverse:. In the field: the head of Nicholas Copernicus presented in a very realistic way; an inscription at the bottom: NICOLAuS COPERNICUS


Stefan Luchter

A ONE-SIDE MEDALLION WITH THE IMAGE OF THE ASTRONOMER

1964

The Nicolaus Copernicus Museum in Frombork, MF/ N/886

Copper sheet, diameter 300 mm

Obverse:. In the spotted field: the head of Copernicus en face.


Franciszek Habdas, an architect, a sculptor and a medallist from Warsaw

THE MEDAL MINTED ON THE OCCASION OF THE SCIENTIFIC SESSION OF THE POLISH ACADEMY OF SCIENCES DEVOTED TO NICOLAUS COPERNICUS IN THE COPERNICAN YEAR

1953, Warsaw

The Nicholas Copernicus Museum in Frombork, cat. No. N/225, 226

Bronze; diameter 50 mm

Obverse: In the centre: the monument of Nicholas Copernicus in Warsaw; an inscription in the rim: HOMONI LIBERO ASTRONOMIA DIGNISSIMA.

Reverse: in the rim, created by signs of the zodiac, an eight verse inscription: MIKOŁAJ/ KOPERNIK/ MCDLXXIII – MDXLII/ SESJA NAUKOWA/ POLSKIEJ AKADEMII/ NAUK/WARSAW/ 1953


Franciszek Habdas, an architect, a sculptor and a medallist from Warsaw

THE MEDAL EMITTED IN THE JUBILEE YEAR (THE 500TH ANNIVERSARY OF COPERNICUS’ BIRTH)

1973, Warsaw

The Nicolaus Copernicus Museum in Frombork, MF/ N/268

Bronze; diameter 124 mm

Obverse:. On the right side a part of Copernicus’ face, the rest of the field is filled with an idea of the heliocentricism, in the centre there is a hole symbolising the Sun and an inscription: ASTRONOMIA DIGNISSIMA – HOMINI LIBERO.

Reverse: on the right side, around the hole symbolising the Sun, the digits radial arranged: 1473-1543 1973; an inscription on the right: NICOLAUS/COPERNICUS.



Franciszek Habdas, an architect, a sculptor and a medallist from Warsaw

THE MEDAL EMITTED IN THE JUBILEE YEAR (THE 500TH ANNIVERSARY OF COPERNICUS’ BIRTH)

1973, Warsaw

The Nicolaus Copernicus Museum in Frombork, MF/ N/270

Bronze; diameter 115 mm

Obverse:. In the centre: Copernicus’ face, the lower part of the face is covered with a drawing of the heliocentric system, on both sides there are irregular, decorative letters creating an inscription: NICOLAUS COPERNICUS.

Reverse: The field divided into four parts, in the centre there is a hollow symbolising the Sun, on which there are digits: 1473/1543


Irena Goerne-Habdas, a sculptor from Warsaw

THE MEDAL WITH THE IMAGE OF COPERNICUS

1968, Warsaw

The Nicolaus Copernicus Museum in Frombork, MF/ N/269

Bronze: diameter 78 mm

Obverse:. In the field: the stylised head of Copernicus round which stylised letters create an inscription: THORUNI NATUS AD 1473 FRAUENBURGUM OB. 1543

Reverse: In the field: the stylised Sun, in the rim there is a decorative inscription: NICOLAUS COPERNICUS.


Bronisław Chromy, a sculptor from Warsaw

THE ANNIVERSARY MEDAL (THE 500TH ANNIVERSARY OF COPERNICUS’ BIRTH)

1973, Warsaw

The Nicolaus Copernicus Museum in Frombork, MF/ N/402

Bronze, diameter 115 mm

Obverse:: in the irregular field, among symbolically outlined orbits of planets, on which there are fragments of old buildings in Krakow and Toruń you can see a walking figure in a long robe, a caption in the rim: W 500 ROCZNICĘ URODZIN NICHOLAS COPERNICUS - 1973

Reverse: in the irregular field, a square box with crests of Krakow and Torun; a caption in the rim: ME GENUIT TORUNIA – CRACOVIA ME ARTE POLIVIT


Józef Markiewicz, a sculptor from Warsaw

THE ANNIVERSARY MEDAL (THE 500TH ANNIVERSARY OF COPERNICUS’ BIRTH)

1973, Warsaw

The Nicolaus Copernicus Museum in Frombork, MF/ N/794

Bronze, 185x190 mm

Obverse:. On irregular surface of the medal you can see a half of Nicolaus Copernicus’ face, on the right side there is a facture symbolising Sun rays, all these create a background for the globe in the orbit; dates at the bottom 1473 and 1973.

Reverse:. In the centre one can see pervading spheres, stylised astrolabe and some decorative, scattered letters creating an inscription: NICOLAuS COPERNICUS.



Józef Markiewicz, a sculptor from Warsaw

THE ANNIVERSARY MEDAL (THE 500TH ANNIVERSARY OF COPERNICUS’ BIRTH) EMITTED BY THE POLISH AIRLINES “LOT”

1973, Warsaw

The Nicolaus Copernicus Museum in Frombork, MF/ N/464

Bronze, diameter 55 mm

Obverse:. In the centre: the orbit of the Earth, in the centre, in place of the Sun there is Copernicus’ head; an inscription in the upper and lower part: NICHOLAS COPERNICUS

Reverse. in the field: a block made from letters LOT, an inscription above: POLISH AIRLINES.


Józef Markiewicz, a sculptor from Warsaw

A MODEL OF THE ANNIVERSARY MEDAL (THE 500TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE ASTRONOMER’S BIRTH) EMITTED BY THE POLISH AIRLINES „LOT”

1973, Warsaw

The Nicolaus Copernicus Museum in Frombork, MF/N/795

Bronze; 197 x 198 mm

Obverse:. In the centre: the Earth globe, in place of the Sun there is Copernicus’ head; an inscription in the upper and lower part: NICOLAUS COPERNICUS.


Edward Łagowski, a sculptor and a medallist from Warsaw.

THE ANNIVERSARY MEDAL (THE 500TH ANNIVERSARY OF COPERNICUS’ BIRTH)

1973, Warsaw

The Nicolaus Copernicus Museum in Frombork , MF/N/ 413, 414

Bronze, diameter 69 mm

Obverse:. In an undulating field one can see the appearing head and the hand of Copernicus, the hand covers the globe like a glimmer of a candle.

Reverse: In an undulating field a four verse inscription: MIKOŁAJU/ KOPERNIK/ 1473/1973


Edward Łagowski, a sculptor and a medallist from Warsaw

A MODEL OF THE ANNIVERSARY MEDAL (THE 500TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE ASTRONOMER’S BIRTH)

1973, Warsaw

The Nicolaus Copernicus Museum in Frombork , MF/N/788, 789

Bronze, 240x140 mm

Obverse:. In an undulating field one can see the appearing head and the hand of Copernicus, the hand covers the globe like a glimmer of a candle.

Reverse: In an undulating field a four verse inscription MIKOŁAJ/ KOPERNIK/ 1473/1973


Józef Stasiński, a sculptor and a medallist from Warsaw

A TWO-SIDED PLAQUE EMITTED IN THE JUBILEE YEAR (THE 500TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE ASTRONOMER’S BIRTH)

1973 , Warsaw

The Nicolaus Copernicus Museum in Frombork, MF N/774, 775

Bronze, 151x141 mm

Obverse: The head of Nicholas Copernicus turned right, an inscription on the right side: NICOLAUS COPERNICUS x 1473 + 1543

Reverse: In the field: three columns of digits, close to the edges inscriptions: NICOLAI COPERNICI/ Canon Alcensiorum rectarum/ DE LATERIBUS ET TRIANGULORUM….LIBELLUS VITTENBERGAE 1542


Józef Stasinski, sculptor and a medallist from Warsaw

A TWO-SIDED PLAQUE EMITTED IN THE JUBILEE YEAR (THE 500TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE ASTRONOMER’S BIRTH)

1973, Warsaw

The Nicolaus Copernicus Museum in Frombork, MF/ N/776, 777.

Bronze, 154 x 149 mm

Obverse: The head Nicholas Copernicus turned to left, near to the left edge vertical inscription: NICOLAUS COPERNICUS x 1473 + 1543

Reverse: In the center horizontal inscription: MONETAE CUDENDAE RATIO 1520, below: a piece of “trojak” (ancient three-grosz coin) and small “grosz gdański”.



Józef Stasiński, sculptor and a medallist from Warsaw

A TWO-SIDED PLAQUE EMITTED IN THE JUBILEE YEAR (THE 500TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE COPERNICUS’ BIRTH)

1973 , Warsaw

The Nicolaus Copernicus Museum in Frombork, MF/N/772, 773

Bronze, 152x 146 mm

Obverse: The head Nicolaus Copernicus, en trois quatre, an inscription: NICOLAUS COPERNICUS x 1473 + 1543

Reverse: Horoscope of Nicolaus Copernicus, below an inscription : COPERNICUS STUDIO: ASTRONOMIAE, MATHEMATICAE, MEDICINAE./ IURISPRUDENTIAE, RERUM PLITICARUM.......


Edward Gorol, sculptor and a medallist from Warsaw

COMMEMORATIVE MEDAL ON MEETING OF THE WEST PRUSSIAN ESTATES, DURING WHICH DELEGATE COPERNICUS PRESENTED HIS TREATISE ON THE COINAGE.

1971 Grudziądz

The Nicolaus Copernicus Museum in Frombork, MF/ N/234

Bronze 70 mm

Obverse:: head of Copernicus; an inscription in the rim: NICOLAuS COPERNICUS . 1473.1543.

Reverse: cover by 33 coins of Copernicus’ times, horizontal inscription: DE/ AESTIMATIO/ MONETAE; a legend in the rim: SEJMIK GENERALNY W GRUDZIĄDZU. 21.III.1522.



Zbigniew Kaczor, a sculptor from Warsaw

A TWO-SIDED PLAQUE EMITTED IN THE JUBILEE YEAR (THE 500TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE COPERNICUS’ BIRTH)

1973, Warsaw

The Nicolaus Copernicus Museum in Frombork, MF/ N/786

Bronze, 96 x 96 mm

Obverse: :Nicholas Copernicus en face showing a symbolic heliocentric system, below the inscription: MIKOŁAJ KO/ PER/ NIK

Reverse: An inscription in square block : DE REVO/ LUTIONI/ BUS ORB/ IUM COE/ LESTIUM, above the dates 1473/ 1543/1973


Witold Marciniak, Torunian sculptor

MEDAL ONE-SIDE WITH COPERNICUS’ IMAGE

1969 , Toruń

The Nicolaus Copernicus Museum in Frombork, MF/ N/769

Bronze, diameter 160 mm

Obverse: the head of Copernicusa en trois quatre; on the left the inscription : NICO/ LAUS/ COPE/ RNICUS.


Barbara Lis-Romanczuk, Olsztynian medallist

MEDAL EMITTED IN COMMEMORATION OF 1000 YEARS OF POLAND ON INITIATIVE OF BISHOP’S CURIA IN OLSZTYN.

1966, Frombork

The Nicolaus Copernicus Museum in Frombork, MF/ N/233

Bronze, diameter 86 mm

Obverse: In the field a view of the Cathedral Hill in Frombork, below dates 966/1966; an inscription in the rim: SACRUM POLONIAE MILLENIUM FROMBORK.

Reverse: In the field the bust of Nicholas Copernicus, an inscription in the rim: NICOLAUS COPERNICUS CANONICUS WARMIENSIS . 1473.1543.


Barbara Lis-Romanczuk, Olsztynian medallist

MEDAL EMITTED ON THE OCCASION OF THE 500TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE COPERNICUS’ BIRTH ON INITIATIVE OF BISHOP’S CURIA IN OLSZTYN

1973 , Olsztyn

The Nicolaus Copernicus Museum in Frombork, MF/ N/258

Bronze, diameter 85mm

Obverse: In the field façade of the Frombork cathedral, below an inscription : KOŚCIÓŁ/ KATOLICKI/ W POLSCE/ W HOŁDZIE/ KOPERNIKOWI/

Reverse: In the field an inscription: NICOLAUS COPERNICUS/ KANONIK FROMBORSKI; above a quotation of De REVOLUTIONIBUS : ZAPRAWDĘ/ OGROMNE JEST/TO BOSKIE/ ARCYDZIEŁO/ ISTOTY NAJLEPSZEJ/ I NAJWIĘKSZEJ/;


Anna Jarnuszkiewicz, the Varsovian medallist

MEDAL, REWARDED IN A COMPETITION FOR THE COPERNICAN MEDAL ORGANIZED BY THE THE POLISH ACADEMY OF SCIENCES

1970, Warsaw

The Nicolaus Copernicus Museum in Frombork, MF/ N/408

Bronze, diameter 69 mm

Obverse: The bust of Nicholas Copernicus , the hands hold the terrestrial globe and the moon; an inscription in the rim: NICOLAUS COPERNICUS.

Reverse: In the centre an inscription: POLSKA AKADEMIA NAUK.


Anna Jarnuszkiewicz, the Varsovian medallist

THE ANNIVERSARY MEDAL (THE 500TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE ASTRONOMER’S BIRTH)

1973 , Warsaw

The Nicolaus Copernicus Museum in Frombork , MF/N/409, 410, 411, 412

Bronze, silvered bronze, gilded bronze, 69, 5 mm

Obverse: In the field figure of sitting Copernicus with lily of valley, on the both sides inscription: NICOLAUS – COPERNICUS

Reverse: An inscription THOR/ PHLIEX/ COPERNICANA, below TORUŃ/ 1973.


Danuta Marciniak, the Torunian medallist.

THE ANNIVERSARY MEDAL, ON THE OCCASION OF THE 500TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE GREAT ASTRONOMER’S BIRTH EMITTED BY NICOLAUS COPERNICUS UNIVERSITY IN TORUN.

1973, Torun

The Nicolaus Copernicus Museum in Frombork, MF/ N/423, 424, 425

Bronze, diameter 70 mm

Obverse: In the field the head Nicolaus Copernicus, an inscription in the rim: WIELKI JUBILEUSZ. 1473. 1973

Reverse: In the field an inscription: GENIALNEMU/ PATRONOWI/ W/ HOŁDZIE; in the double rim the inscription: REKTOR x SENAT x PRACOWNICY x STUDENC Ix UMK x 19 II x 1973 x TORUŃ.


Danuta Marciniak, the Varsovian medallist

THE ANNIVERSARY MEDAL, ON THE OCCASION OF THE 500TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE GREAT ASTRONOMER’S BIRTH EMITTED BY NICOLAUS COPERNICUS UNIVERSITY IN TORUN.

1973, Toruń

The Nicolaus Copernicus Museum in Frombork, MF/ N/426

Bronze, diameter 69,5 mm

Obverse: :Nicolaus Copernicus, torso with lily of valley, as a background inscriptions: UNI/ WER/ SYTET/ MIKO/ ŁAJA/ KOPE/ RNI/ KA/ TORUŃ/

Reverse: representation of the heliocentricism, inscriptions: ZA/ ZAS/ ŁUGI POŁO/ ŻONE DLA ROZ/ WOJU UCZEL/ NI – REKTOR/ I SENAT


Stanisława Wątróbska, Warsaw

MEDAL EMITTED IN JĘDRZEJOW N. CRACOW ON THE OCCASION OF 25 TH YEAR OF RECONSTRUCTION OF COPERNICUS’ INSTRUMENTS.

1973 , Warsaw

The Nicolaus Copernicus Museum in Frombork, MF/ N/438, 439

Bronze, diameter 49,7 mm

Obverse: In the field traditional portrait of Nicholas Copernicus; an inscription in the rim: NICOLAUS COPERNICUS * 1473 * 1543

Reverse: In the field astronomical observatory in Jędrzejow, three Copernicus’ instruments; the inscription in the rim: DWUDZIESTOPIĘCIOLECIE REKONSTRUKCJI INSTRUMENTARIUM KOPERNIKA W JĘDRZEJOWIE.


Ewa Olszewska-Borys, the Varsovian medallist

AN ONE-SIDE PLAQUE WITH NICOLAUS COPERNICUS’ IMAGE EMITTED IN THE JUBILEE YEAR (THE 500TH ANNIVERSARY OF ASTRONOMERS BIRTH)

1973, Warsaw

The Nicolaus Copernicus Museum in Frombork, MF/ N/471

Bronze, 248 x 255 mm

Obverse:: The bust of Nicholas Copernicus , the solar system; in upper part inscription : NICOLAO/ COPERN/ MCCCCLXXIII/ MCMLXXXIII/ W 500 ROCZ/NICĘ/ URODZIN.


Ewa Olszewska-Borys, the Varsovian medallist

MEDAL EMITTED IN THE JUBILEE YEAR OF THE 510TH ANNIVERSARY OF ASTRONOMER’S BIRTH.

1983, Frombork

The Nicolaus Copernicus Museum in Frombork, MF/ N/792, 793

Bronze, diameter 88 mm

Obverse: the bust of Copernicus with lily of valley in his hand

Reverse: façade of Frombork cathedral, on both sides inscr.: FROMBORK 1983,

below in four lines: W 510 ROCZNICĘ URODZIN NICOLAUS COPERNICUS.


Ewa Olszewska-Borys, the Varsovian medallist

MEDAL EMITTED BY THE MUSEUM OF NICOLAUS COPERNICUS IN FROMBORK,

1987, Frombork

The Nicolaus Copernicus Museum in Frombork, MF/ N/1058, 1059

Brass, diameter 69 mm

Obverse:: In the field Nicholas Copernicus’ torso, en trois quatre, an armillary sphere in the left hand.

Reverse: A fragment of the Cathedral Hill fortifications in Frombork with the Copernicus’ tower and the western gate, below ins.: MUZEUM/ MIKOŁAJA/ KOPERNIKA / FROMBORK


Ewa Olszewska-Borys, the Varsovian medallist

MODEL EMITTED BY THE NICOLAUS COPERNICUS MUSEUM IN FROMBORK, 1987, Frombork

The Nicolaus Copernicus Museum in Frombork, MF/ N/ 1062

Bronze, diameter ……. mm

Obverse: In the field Nicolaus Copernicus’ torso, en trois quatre, an armillary sphere in the left hand.

Reverse: A fragment of the Cathedral Hill fortifications in Frombork with the Copernicus’ tower and the western gate, below ins.: MUZEUM/ MIKOŁAJA/ KOPERNIKA / FROMBORK


Ewa Olszewska-Borys, the Varsovian medallist

MEDAL EMITTED BY THE NICOLAUS COPERNICUS MUSEUM IN FROMBORK, ON THE OCCASION OF OPENING DIVISION OF HISTORY OF MEDICINE IN THE HOLY GHOST HOSPITAL

1989, Frombork

The Nicolaus Copernicus Museum. MF/ N/1173, 1174

Bronze, 195 x 205 mm

Obverse: In the field Nicolaus Copernicus’ torso - en trois quatre; an inscription : MUZEUM/ MIKOŁAJA/ KOPERNIKA / WE/ FROMBORKU

Reverse: the north-west view of the Holy Ghost Hospital, the inscription in 6 lines: OTWARCIE/ DZIAŁU/ HISTORII/ MEDYCYNY/ SZPITAL ŚW. DUCHA


Ryszard Wojciechowski, moulding Henryk Borys

THE MEDALLION ONE-SIDE, PROJECT DONE IN THE JUBILEE YEAR (THE 500TH ANNIVERSARY OF COPERNICUS’ BIRTH)

1973 , moulding 1985 , Warsaw

The Nicolaus Copernicus Museum in Frombork, MF/ N/974

Bronze, diameter 238 mm

Obverse: In the centre sitting Copernicus; a legend in the rim: MIKOŁAJ. KOPERNIK 1473 - 1973



Ryszard Wojciechowski, moulding Henryk Borys

THE ONE-SIDE MEDALLION, PROJECT DONE IN THE JUBILEE YEAR (THE 500TH ANNIVERSARY OF COPERNICUS’ BIRTH)

1973, moulding1985, Warsaw

The Nicolaus Copernicus Museum in Frombork, MF/. N/975

Bronze, diameter 241 mm

Obverse: the head of Nicolaus Copernicus, hands keep the sun, orbits of the planets in the background; the legend in the rim: MIKOŁAJ/ KOPERNIK/ 1473 - 1973


Ryszard Wojciechowski, moulding Henryk Borys

THE ONE-SIDE MEDALLION, EMITTED IN THE JUBILEE YEAR (THE 500TH ANNIVERSARY OF COPERNICUS’ BIRTH)

1973, moulding1985, Warsaw

The Nicolaus Copernicus Museum in Frombork , MF/N/974

Bronze, diameter 238 mm

Obverse:: Nicolaus Copernicus’ torso, hands keep the heliocentric system, surrounded by the inscription: MIKOŁAJ KOPERNIK . 1473 . 1973


St. Ziemski

THE ANNIVERSARY MEDAL (THE 500TH ANNIVERSARY OF COPERNICUS’ BIRTH)

1973

The Nicolaus Copernicus Museum in Frombork, MF/N/ 356

Bronze, diameter 28 mm

Obverse: The head of Nicolaus Copernicus; the legend in the rim:: Copernicus + 1473 – 1543/1973 + MIKOŁAJ

Reverse: the south view of the Cathedral Hill in Frombork an inscription in the rim: FROMBORK. POBYT EPOKOWE ODKRYCIA M. KOPERNIKA. 1473-1543.


Works of arts in the collection of The Nicolaus Copernicus Museum in Frombork.


Maria Łoś

NICOLAUS COPERNICUS

1953, Warsaw

Nicolaus Copernicus Museum in Frombork, MF/GW/1

Woodcut; 21x14,9 cm

Portrait of Copernicus (after a woodcut by Reusner).



Barbara Lis - Romańczuk

NICOLAUS COPERNICUS

1973, Olsztyn

Nicolaus Copernicus Museum in Frombork, MF/GW/32

Linocut; 50x60,5 cm

Edition: 4/10. Cosmic improvisation with head of Copernicus.



Hieronim Skurpski

COPERNICUS AS AN ADMINISTRATOR IN OLSZTYN

1952, Olsztyn

Nicolaus Copernicus Museum in Frombork, MF/GW/10

Copperplate and dry-point; 16x13 cm

Edition: 16/16. An illustration for the book: "Słońce" [The Sun] by G. Rewzin.



Janina Śpiewak - Stryjec

COPERNICUS - COSMOS

1972, Gdańsk

Nicolaus Copernicus Museum in Frombork, MF/GW/33

Etching and aquatint; 32x31,5 cm

Edition: 3/50. Astronaut and head of Copernicus on a medallion.



Joanna Bogusławska

NICOLAUS COPERNICUS

1971, Katowice

Nicolaus Copernicus Museum in Frombork, MF/GW/54

Woodcut; 69x47 cm

Edition: 6/50. Half-size portrait.



Ferdynand Szypuła

BALLAD ABOUT NICOLAUS COPERNICUS

1971, Katowice

Nicolaus Copernicus Museumi n Frombork, MF/GW/58

Color etching and aquatint; 49,2x37,3 cm

Edition: 1/10. Cosmic improvisation with the figure of Copernicus.



Ferdynand Szypuła

ABOUT THE ROUND OF HEAVENLY BODIES

1971, Katowice

Nicolaus Copernicus Museum in Frombork, MF/GW/59

Color aquatint; 49x37 cm

Cosmic improvisation with head of Copernicus.



Zygmunt Czyż

THE SIGNS OF THE ZODIAC

1971, Rzeszów

Nicolaus Copernicus Museum in Frombork, MF/GW/60

Color linocut; 78,7x45 cm

Edition: 1/10. The signs of the zodiac and the silhouette of Copernicus.



Zygmunt Czyż

HE STOPPED THE SUN AND MOVED THE EARTH

1971, Rzeszów

Nicolaus Copernicus Museum in Frombork, MF/GW/61

Color linocut; 82x56 cm

Edition: 6/10. Cosmic improvisation with the signs of the zodiac and a half-size figure of Copernicus.



Krystyna Górska

THE SUNNY EPITAPH

1972, Sopot

Nicolaus Copernicus Museum in Frombork, MF/GW/85

Etching and aquatint; 32,5x31,5 cm

Artist's Proof: I/VI. Portrait of Copernicus, with a large sun in the background.



Krystyna Górska

NICOLAUS COPERNICUS AND SAGES

1972, Sopot

Nicolaus Copernicus Museum in Frombork, MF/GW/86

Etching and aquatint; 32x31,5 cm

Artist's Proof: I/VI. Half-sun and a half-sphere with a half-size portrait of Copernicus, an improv. after S.Kauffmann. On the left-hand egde of the composition Copernicus after J. van Meurs, on the right-hand edge - Ptolomeus and Aristoteles.



Stanisław Rolicz

NICOLAUS COPERNICUS

1971, Gdańsk

Nicolaus Copernicus Museum in Frombork, MF/GW/87

Copperplate; 21,2 cm

Edition: 13/100. Sepia print. Portrait. Diameter 212 mm.



Stanisław Żukowski

NICOLAUS COPERNICUS

1973, Gdańsk

Nicolaus Copernicus Museum in Frombork, MF/GW/88

Color mezzotint; 33x27 cm

Artist's Proof: No. VI. Blueprint. Head of Copernicus.



Stanisław Żukowski

NICOLAUS COPERNICUS

1973, Gdańsk

Nicolaus Copernicus Museum in Frombork, MF/GW/89

Color mezzotint; 33x27,5 cm

Artist's Proof: No. III. Blue print. A head of Copernicus.



Stanisław Żukowski

NICOLAUS COPERNICUS

1973, Gdańsk

Nicolaus Copernicus Museum in Frombork, MF/GW/90

Color mezzotint; 33x27 cm

Artist's Proof. Head of Copernicus.



Zbigniew Janeczek

NICOLAUS COPERNICUS

1983, Łódź

Nicolaus Copernicus Museum in Frombork, MF/GW/108

Etching and aquatint; 8,9x6 cm

Edition: 4/100. Ex-libris. Portrait with a Roman snail.



Jan Leśniak

DE REVOLUTIONIBUS

1971, Warsaw

Nicolaus Copernicus Museum in Frombork, MF/GW/121

Color lithography; 81x51,3 cm

Edition:10/15. Head of Copernicus, silhouette, against a background with the of a medieval woodcut and the heliocentric system by Copernicus.



Unknown

NICOLAUS COPERNICUS

1948, Poland

Nicolaus Copernicus Museum in Frombork, MF/GW/138

Woodcut (end-grain); 15x10,5 cm

Head of Copernicus.



Maria Wąsowska

DE REVOLUTIONIBUS ORBIUM COELESTIUM

1971, Toruń

Nicolaus Copernicus Museum in Frombork, MF/GW/139

Linocut; 68x47 cm

Edition: 7/20. Hands holding a globe. Two pages of manuscript melt into the background - the earth and the sphere of heaven. The words: ORBI=/ um coelestium.



Andrzej Graczykowski

SIGN FOR AN EXPOSITION OF WORK BY A. GRACZYKOWSKI

1987, Łódź

Nicolaus Copernicus Museum in Frombork, MF/GW/146

Etching; 8,6x10,6 cm

Ex-libris. Portrait of Copernicus after Reusner.



Zbigniew Janeczek

SIGN FOR THE EXPOSITION COPERNICUS AS A PHYSICIAN

1987, Łódź

Nicolaus Copernicus Museum in Frombork, MF/GW/147

Etching; 11,8x9 cm

Ex-libris. Portrait of Copernicus. Mirror - image of woodcut by Reusner.



Stefan Rassalski

COPERNICUS IN HIS STUDY

1956, Warsaw

Nicolaus Copernicus Museum in Frombork, MF/GW/154

Woodcut; 36x27,7 cm

Portrait of Copernicus against a background of astronomical motifs: instruments, a heliocentric system by

Copernicus, and books.



Zbigniew Janeczek

SIGN FOR THE MEDICAL HISTORY DEPT. IN FROMBORK

1990, Łódź

Nicolaus Copernicus Museum in Frombork, MF/GW/160

Etching; 12,2x7,1 cm

Ex-libris. Portrait of Copernicus.



Zbigniew Janeczek

UNTITLED

1994, Łódź

Nicolaus Copernicus Museum in Frombork, MF/GW/170

Color computer graphic; 13,2x10,5 cm

Edition: 1/50. Heliocentric system by Copernicus against the background of a panorama of Frombork.



Zbigniew Janeczek

UNTITLED

1994, Łódź

Nicolaus Copernicus Museum in Frombork, MF/GW/171

Color computer graphic; 15x10 cm

Edition: 41/50.Portrait of Copernicus after Reusner against a background of Gothic architectural motifs from the cathedral in Frombork.



Barbara Łada - Strasburger

COPERNICUS

Before 1956, Warsaw

Nicolaus Copernicus Museum in Frombork, MF/GW/173

Etching; 8x5,8 cm

The Copernicus monument in Warsaw.


Tadeusz Korpal

NICOLAUS COPERNICUS

Before 1977, Cracow

Nicolaus Copernicus Museum in Frombork, MF/GW/174

Lithography; 42x57 cm

Copernicus seated at a table - deep in thought. In the background a globe.


Zbigniew Janeczek

UNTITLED

1996, Łódź

Nicolaus Copernicus Museum in Frombork, MF/GW/176

Color computer graphic; 25x13,5 cm

Edition:2/90. Gothic walls in Frombork and a sextant.



Zbigniew Janeczek

COPERNICUS

1996, Łódź

Nicolaus Copernicus Museum in Frombork, MF/GW/177

Color computer graphic; 20,5x13,5 cm

Edition: 1/100.Portrait against the background of a cathedral wall.



Unknown

NICOLAUS COPERNICUS

Late 18th century, Unknown

Nicolaus Copernicus Museum in Frombork, Dep. 1/MNP=MO 835

oil on canvas; 103x74 cm

Half-size portrait of Copernicus.



Unknown

NICOLAUS COPERNICUS

Late 18th century, Unknown

Nicolaus Copernicus Museum in Frombork, MF/M/1

Oil on canvas; 95,5x77,5 cm

Half-size portrait. A copy of the portrait from the National Museum in Poznań (Dep. 1).



Margaret Mayer

NICOLAUS COPERNICUS

1925, Strasbourg

Nicolaus Copernicus Museum in Frombork, MF/M/2

Oil on panel; 175x65 cm

A copy after Tobias Stimmer (Strasbourg).



Jerzy Hoppen

NICOLAUS COPERNICUS

1948, Toruń

Nicolaus Copernicus Museum in Frombork, MF/M/3

Oil on panel; 50x40 cm

A copy after a portrait (1573-1580) from the District Museum in Toruń.



Anna Szymborska

NICOLAUS COPERNICUS IN FROMBORK OR A TALK WITH GOD

1948, Cracow

Nicolaus Copernicus Museum in Frombork, MF/M/7

Oil on canvas; 232x322 cm

A copy of the famous painting of Copernicus by Jan Matejko (1873, Cracow).



Jerzy Hoppen

AN EPITAPH OF NICOLAUS COPERNICUS

1948, Toruń

Nicolaus Copernicus Museum in Frombork, MF/M/8

Oil on panel; 81x57 cm

A copy of an epitaph in St. John's Church in Toruń (1580).



Hieronim Skurpski

COPERNICUS DEFENDING OLSZTYN

1960, Olsztyn

Nicolaus Copernicus Museum in Frombork, MF/M/6

Oil on canvas; 27x36 cm

Copernius and the garrison of the castle inside the castle walls.



Aleksander Dzwonkowski

COPERNICUS IN TORUŃ

1955, Gdańsk

Nicolaus Copernicus Museum in Frombork, MF/M/9

Oil on canvas; 115x86 cm

Copernicus in his study. Half-size portrait.



Hieronim Skurpski

COPERNICUS AS AN ADMINISTRATOR IN OLSZTYN

Before 1963, Olsztyn

Nicolaus Copernicus Museum in Frombork, MF/M/10

Oil on canvas; 100x130 cm

Copernicus with peasants in the castle in Olsztyn.



Julian Dadlez

COPERNICUS DEFENDING OLSZTYN

1958, Olsztyn

Nicolaus Copernicus Museum in Frombork, MF/M/16

Oil on canvas; 189x250 cm

Copernicus leading the defence on the castle walls.



Claude Torey

LA COMPARAISON

1973, Frombork

Nicolaus Copernicus Museum in Frombork, MF/M/43

Oil on canvas; 114x146 cm

Copernicus in the pop-art convention.



Włodzimierz Szpinger

ASTROLOGICAL INTERMEZZO

1976, Gdańsk

Nicolaus Copernicus Museum in Frombork, MF/M/61

Oil on wood; 66x58 cm

Triptych. A astrology studio with Copernicus and a monk.



Andrzej Nowacki

DIPTYCH

1972, Bydgoszcz

Nicolaus Copernicus Museum in Frombork, MF/M/62

Oil on canvas; 100x83 cm

Monument to Copernicus, and the sun, and the shadow of the monument on the moon.



Sławomir Chudzik

DIPTYCH: UNTITLED I

1972, Białystok

Nicolaus Copernicus Museum in Frombork, MF/M/70

Oil on canvas; 168x87 cm

The sky - the moon and the sun.



Sławomir Chudzik

DIPTYCH: UNTITLED II

1972, Białystok

Nicolaus Copernicus Museum in Frombork, MF/M/71

Oil on canvas; 168x87 cm

Head of Copernicus against a vivid background.



Zbigniew Dębski

COPERNICUS - COSMOS

1972, Warsaw

Nicolaus Copernicus Museum in Frombork, MF/M/74

Oil on canvas; 100x100 cm

Arcs superimposed on a portrait of Copernicus.



Barbara Jonscher

COPERNICUS - COSMOS

1972, Warsaw

Nicolaus Copernicus Museum in Frombork, MF/M/79

Oil on canvas; 120x80 cm

Half-size portrait of Copernicus against a dark background.



Lech Okołów

COSMIC FIGURE

1972, Warsaw

Nicolaus Copernicus Museum in Frombork, MF/M/87

Acrylic on canvas; 155x106 cm

Head of Copernicus' silhouette and a cosmic improvisation.



Marek Sapetto

COPERNICUS - COSMOS

1972, Warsaw

Nicolaus Copernicus Museum in Frombork, MF/M/90

Acrylic on canvas; 130x180 cm

Half-size portrait of Copernicus, the heliocentric system, a rocket and the sun.



Ryszard Skupin

COPERNICUS - COSMOS

1972, Poznań

Nicolaus Copernicus Museum in Frombork, MF/M/92

Oil on canvas; 135x180 cm

Cosmic improvisation (astronauts, a rocket, the Sun, the Moon and the head of Copernicus) against a dark

blackground.



Ewa Kierska

DE REVOLUTIONIBUS

1974, Cracow

Nicolaus Copernicus Museum in Frombork, MF/M/94

Oil on canvas; 61x50 cm

The book "De revolutionibus" on the grass.



Jan Świderski

HOMAGE TO COPERNICUS

1972, Cracow

Nicolaus Copernicus Museum in Frombork, MF/M/93

Oil on canvas; 157x59 cm

Heliocentric system, a portrait of Copernicus and a fragment of the moon against a black background.



Maria Wąsowska

FROMBORK, COPERNICUS' TOWN

1978, Frombork

Nicolaus Copernicus Museum in Frombork, MF/M/130

Oil on canvas; 81,5x60 cm

Panorama of Frombork and Copernicus floating in the sky, blessing the town.



Maria Romańska

TRIPTYCH: DAY

1979, Frombork

Nicolaus Copernicus Museum in Frombork, MF/M/135

Acrylic on canvas; 100x75 cm

Silhouette of Copernicus against the background of the sky by day.



Maria Romańska

TRIPTYCH: EVENING

1979, Frombork

Nicolaus Copernicus Museum in Frombork, MF/M/136

Acrylic on canvas; 100x75 cm

Silhouette of Copernicus against the background of the sky at evening.



Maria Romańska

TRIPTYCH: NIGHT

1979, Frombork

Nicolaus Copernicus Museum in Frombork, MF/M/137

Acrylic on canvas; 100x75 cm

Silhouette of Copernicus against the background of the sky by night.



Eugeni Bugaew

COPERNICUS

1979, Frombork

Nicolaus Copernicus Museum in Frombork, MF/M/144

Oil on canvas; 110x80 cm

Half-size portrait of Copernicus and the painter's table.



Tadeusz Kuduk

XXX-1-79

1979, Frombork

Nicolaus Copernicus Museum in Frombork, MF/M/145

Oil on canvas; 80x80 cm

Silhouette of Copernicus against the background of a horoscope



Zdenek Hůla

NOTE MADE BY NIGHT

1979, Frombork

Nicolaus Copernicus Museum in Frombork, MF/M/146

Oil on canvas; 100x75 cm

Imrovisation: the heliocentric system, a map and a manuscript by Copernicus.



Zbigniew Książkiewicz

FROMBORK IMPRESSION III

1980, Frombork

Nicolaus Copernicus Museum in Frombork, MF/M/151

Oil on canvas; 100x81 cm

Portrait of Copernicus after Reussner, the symbol representing the heliocentric system, a flower, a pinc garment on the pieces of cardboard against the background of the sky.



Marzanna Wróblewska

DIPTYCH: NICOLAUS COPERNICUS

1980, Warsaw

Nicolaus Copernicus Museum in Frombork, MF/M/152

Oil on canvas; 80x80 cm

Improvisation: the sky and Copernicus



Marzanna Wróblewska

DIPTYCH: NICOLAUS COPERNICUS

1980, Warsaw

Nicolaus Copernicus Museum in Frombork, MF/M/153

Oil on canvas; 80x80 cm

Improvisation: The sky.



Jolanta Jakima - Zerek

INSTRUMENTARIUM

1979, Frombork

Nicolaus Copernicus Museum in Frombork, MF/M/160

Oil on canvas; 110x80 cm

Astronomical instruments - an improvisation.



Pierre Leclercq

NICOLAUS COPERNICUS

1980, Frombork

Nicolaus Copernicus Museum in Frombork, MF/M/162

Oil on canvas; 62x50 cm

Portrait.



Pierre Leclercq

COPERNICUS AFTER MATEJKO

1980, Frombork

Nicolaus Copernicus Museum in Frombork, MF/M/163

Oil on canvas; 82x60 cm

Improvisation: Copernicus after the famous picture by Matejko, and a sunny sky.



Maria Romańska

ASTROLABIUM

1980, Gdańsk

Nicolaus Copernicus Museum in Frombork, MF/M/165

Oil on canvas; 60x60 cm

Blue Persian astrolabium against a navy-blue background.



Tadeusz Błochowiak

HE STOPPED THE SUN AND MOVED THE EARTH

1974, Inowrocław

Nicolaus Copernicus Museum in Frombork, MF/M/168

Oil on canvas; 130x100 cm

Copernicus standing on the Earth and stopping the Sun with his hand.



Henryk Borys

COPERNICUS

1972, Warsaw

Nicolaus Copernicus Museum in Frombork, MF/M/179

Stained glass; 41,5x31,5 cm

Portrait.



Jacek Żuławski

EPITAPH OF ATLAS

1972, Gdańsk

Nicolaus Copernicus Museum in Frombork, MF/M/209

Oil on canvas; 105x130 cm

Copernicus using his hand to stop Atlas carry the Earth.



Andrzej Krzemiński

16TH CENTURY - 20TH CENTURY

1978, Frombork

Nicolaus Copernicus Museum in Frombork, MF/M/227

Acrylic on canvas; 75x94 cm

Copernicus giving an outline of the heliocentric system to an astronaut holding a cob of Indian corn against a

background of Frombork and the heavenly bodies.



Jan Lewdorowicz

COPERNICUS

1981, Pasłęk

Nicolaus Copernicus Museum in Frombork, MF/M/239

Oil on canvas; 60x50 cm

Portrait of Copernicus with a badge "Sol" [Sun] / letters resembling those on the "Solidarity" logo/.



Ryszard Stryjec

NICOLAUS COPERNICUS

ca. 1970, Gdańsk

Nicolaus Copernicus Museum in Frombork, MF/M/298

Oil on plywood; 60,8x47,5 cm

Portrait against a brown background..



Barbara Hulanicka

COPERNICUS IN FROMBORK

1964, Reszel

Nicolaus Copernicus Museum in Frombork, MF/T/1

Two-ply fabric: Jute / flax; 280x160 cm

Copernicus, the sun and Frombork.



Barbara Hulanicka

COPERNICUS AND SUN

1974, Frombork

Nicolaus Copernicus Museum in Frombork, MF/T/2

Gobelin: Wool / linen; 170x250 cm

Copernicus and a sunset.



Barbara Hulanicka

500TH ANNIVERSARY

1973, Frombork

Nicolaus Copernicus Museum in Frombork, MF/T/4

Two-ply fabric: Wool / linen; 236x155 cm

Silhouette of Copernicus (as an old oak).



Maria Arletta Brito Goncalvez

TO COPERNICUS

ca. 1973, Poland

Nicolaus Copernicus Museum in Frombork, MF/T/5

Own technique: Wool / wood / golden fiber; 130x100 cm

Improvisation: the heliocentric system.



"ARTES"

COPERNICUS IN THE EYES OF A CHILD

1971 -1972, Poland

Nicolaus Copernicus Museum in Frombork, MF/T/6-76

Projects and tapestries; 0x0 cm

Collection of 36 Gobelins after childrens drawings about Copernicus.



Halina Gajewska

NICOLAUS COPERNICUS

ca. 1972, Gdańsk

Nicolaus Copernicus Museum in Frombork, MF/T/78

Own technique: Wool / linen /chenille; 112x83 cm

Portrait.



Michalina Migacz

NICOLAUS COPERNICUS

ca. 1973, Inowrocław

Nicolaus Copernicus Museum in Frombork, MF/T/86

Embroidery; 21,5x18,5 cm

Portrait



Unknown

NICOLAUS COPERNICUS

1857, Warsaw

Nicolaus Copernicus Museum in Frombork, MF/Rz/1

Cast: cast iron; 39x13,6x19,8 cm

Statuette of Copernicus after Thorwaldsen.



Teodor Rygier

NICOLAUS COPERNICUS

1877, Florence

Nicolaus Copernicus Museum in Frombork, MF/Rz/2

Terracotta; 67x55x35 cm

A bust of Copernicus.



Unknown

NICOLAUS COPERNICUS

Early 19th c, Poland

Nicolaus Copernicus Museum in Frombork, MF/Rz/22

Plaster; 61x33x30 cm

Plaster bust of Copernicus.



Wojciech Święcki

NICOLAUS COPERNICUS

19th c, Warsaw

Nicolaus Copernicus Museum in Frombork, MF/Rz/26

Cast: bronze; 31x13x11,5 cm

Statuette of Copernicus in Toruń (after Fr. Tieck).



Max Meckel

MODEL OF THE COPERNICUS MONUMENT

1909, Germany

Nicolaus Copernicus Museum in Frombork, MF/Rz/35

Plaster painted; 140x40x40 cm

Model of the monument to Copernicus in Frombork (destroyed after 1945).



Julius Seitz

NICOLAUS COPERNICUS

1909, Germany

Nicolaus Copernicus Museum in Frombork, MF/Rz/36

Cast; 215x155x12 cm

Bronze relief. Part of the monument to Copernicus in Frombork.



Jan Kucz

NICOLAUS COPERNICUS

1971, Kraków

Nicolaus Copernicus Museum in Frombork, MF/Rz/3

Plaster; 39x43x34 cm

Plaster figure of Copernicus - model for a monument to Copernicus.

(Entry in a competitition for a monument to Copernicus.)



Jan Kucz

NICOLAUS COPERNICUS

1971, Cracow

Nicolaus Copernicus Museum in Frombork, MF/Rz/5

Plaster; 74x92x85 cm

Plaster head of Copernicus.



Jan Kucz

NICOLAUS COPERNICUS

1971, Cracow

Nicolaus Copernicus Museum in Frombork, MF/Rz/4

Plaster; 113x108x95 cm

Plaster model for a monument to Copernicus.



Irena Molin-Sowa

NICOLAUS COPERNICUS

1971, Warsaw

Nicolaus Copernicus Museum in Frombork, MF/Rz/6

Plaster; 57x76x68 cm

Plaster model for a monument to Copernicus.


Irena Molin-Sowa

NICOLAUS COPERNICUS

1971, Warsaw

Nicolaus Copernicus Museum in Frombork, MF/Rz/7

Plaster; 113x115x32 cm

Plaster model for a monument to Copernicus.



Irena Molin-Sowa

NICOLAUS COPERNICUS

1971, Cracow

Nicolaus Copernicus Museum in Frombork, MF/Rz/8

Plaster; 103x105x27 cm

Plaster head of Copernicus for a model for a monument.



Kazimierz Jęczmyk

NICOLAUS COPERNICUS

1971, Cracow

Nicolaus Copernicus Museum in Frombork, MF/Rz/9

Plaster; 93x95x83 cm

Plaster model for a monument to Copernicus.



Kazimierz Jęczmyk

NICOLAUS COPERNICUS

1971, Cracow

Nicolaus Copernicus Museum in Frombork, MF/Rz/10

Plaster; 95x93x88 cm

Plaster head of Copernicus for a monument.



Ryszard Wojciechowski

NICOLAUS COPERNICUS

1971, Warsaw

Nicolaus Copernicus Museum in Frombork, MF/Rz/11

Plaster; 55x61x61 cm

Plaster model for a monument to Copernicus.



Ryszard Wojciechowski

NICOLAUS COPERNICUS

1971, Warsaw

Nicolaus Copernicus Museum in Frombork, MF/Rz/12

Plaster; 90x100x98 cm

Head of Copernicus for a monument.



Józef Marek

NICOLAUS COPERNICUS

1971, Cracow

Nicolaus Copernicus Museum in Frombork, MF/Rz/13

Plaster; 125x45x37 cm

Plaster model for a monument to Copernicus.



Józef Marek

NICOLAUS COPERNICUS

1971, Cracow
Nicolaus Copernicus Museum in Frombork, MF/Rz/14

Plaster; 77x92x72 cm

Plaster head of Copernicus for a monument.



Bronisław Chromy

NICOLAUS COPERNICUS

1971, Cracow

Nicolaus Copernicus Museum in Frombork, MF/Rz/15

Plaster; 29,5x24,5x22,5 cm

Plaster model for a monument to Copernicus.



Bronisław Chromy

NICOLAUS COPERNICUS

1971, Cracow

Nicolaus Copernicus Museum in Frombork, MF/Rz/16

Plaster; 85x66x67 cm

Plaster head of Copernicus for a monument.



Józef Janos

NICOLAUS COPERNICUS

1971, Dębno

Nicolaus Copernicus Museum in Frombork, MF/Rz/17

A wooden relief; 97x47x4 cm

Copernicus - folk bas-relief on panel



Edward Haupt

NICOLAUS COPERNICUS

1959, Poznan

Nicolaus Copernicus Museum in Frombork, MF/Rz/18

Bronzed plaster; 86x30x26 cm

Plaster figure of Copernicus.



Hieronim Skurpski

NICOLAUS COPERNICUS

1952, Olsztyn

Nicolaus Copernicus Museum in Frombork, MF/RW/1

Brash in brownish tones.; 22,5x16,5 cm

Portrait.



Jan Marcin Szancer

NICOLAUS COPERNICUS

1953, Warsaw

Nicolaus Copernicus Museum in Frombork, MF/RW/24 - 38

Gouache; 42x31 cm

15 illustration of Copernicus' life.



Maria Hiszpańska-Neumann

COPERNICUS AND RHETICUS

1953, Warsaw

Nicolaus Copernicus Museum in Frombork, MF/RW/39

Gouache; 47,7x32,5 cm

Two men talking in an astronomy studio.



Unknown

COPERNICUS

Early 20th century, Poland

Nicolaus Copernicus Museum in Frombork, MF/M/300

Oil on wood; 34,5x27 cm

Portrait. A copy after the portrait of Copernicus from the Observatory in Warsaw (perished in 1944).


Wojciech Fangor

Copernicus

1948, Warsaw

Nicolaus Copernicus Museum in Frombork, MF/ND/ 30

Oil on canvas; 200 x 100 cm

Copernicus and the sky – the moon, the sun, the stars.