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National Technical Museum - Czech Republic

:: 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