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The Lost Portrait of Robert Hooke?
Journal of Microscopy ( IF 2 ) Pub Date : 2020-02-03 , DOI: 10.1111/jmi.12828
Lawrence R Griffing 1
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This letter considers the ‘Portrait of a Mathematician’ attributed to Mary Beale in the 1680s as a likely candidate for a portrait of Robert Hooke made during his lifetime. It closely matches the physical descriptions of Hooke made by his biographers who knew him, Richard Waller (d. 1715) and John Aubrey (1626–1697). The portrait contains a remarkable diagram, as well as its mechanical analogue, demonstrating the elliptical orbit of a body under constant force similar to an unpublished, unfinished 1685 manuscript by Hooke. It also contains a landscape, which is likely to be Lowther Castle and its associated church. Hooke provided designs for the Lowther castle church renovations completed in 1686. The portraitist, Mary Beale, knew Hooke and was very familiar with the Lowther family, who commissioned 30 portraits from her. The diagram and armillary sphere in the portrait establish Hooke's contribution to the theory of gravity. Their presence may have been one of the reasons the portrait was not purchased and kept by the Royal Society. It might have diminished the legacy of Isaac Newton.

中文翻译:

罗伯特·胡克遗失的肖像?

这封信认为玛丽·比尔在 1680 年代创作的“数学家肖像”可能是罗伯特·胡克生前肖像的候选者。它与认识胡克的传记作者理查德·沃勒(Richard Waller,卒于 1715 年)和约翰·奥布里(John Aubrey,1626-1697 年)对胡克的身体描述非常吻合。这幅肖像包含一个非凡的图表,以及它的机械模拟,展示了一个物体在恒定力下的椭圆轨道,类似于胡克 1685 年未出版、未完成的手稿。它还包含一个景观,很可能是洛瑟城堡及其相关的教堂。胡克为 1686 年完成的洛瑟城堡教堂翻修提供了设计。肖像画家玛丽·比尔认识胡克,对洛瑟家族非常熟悉,后者委托她创作了 30 幅肖像画。肖像中的图表和浑天仪确立了胡克对引力理论的贡献。他们的存在可能是皇家学会没有购买和保存这幅肖像的原因之一。它可能减少了艾萨克牛顿的遗产。
更新日期:2020-02-03
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