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At a Rubens symposium held in 1982, the author identified the figure next to the painter in his "Rubens in a Circle of Neostoic Friends" as Galileo. This note conjectures that the combination of Galileo and Justus Lipsius in the painting implies that Galileo was an adherent of the Neostoic...

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Published in:Source (New York, N.Y.) N.Y.), 2013-07, Vol.32 (4), p.23-24
Main Author: Huemer, Frances
Format: Article
Language:English
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Summary:At a Rubens symposium held in 1982, the author identified the figure next to the painter in his "Rubens in a Circle of Neostoic Friends" as Galileo. This note conjectures that the combination of Galileo and Justus Lipsius in the painting implies that Galileo was an adherent of the Neostoic synthesis of Christianity and rationalism, making the work a great political and historical document.
ISSN:0737-4453
2328-207X
DOI:10.1086/sou.32.4.41955682