Apr 25
Galileo before the Holy Office at the Vatican
Artist: Joseph-Nicholas Robert Fleury (French, 1797-1890)
Date: 1847
Medium: Oil on canvas
Collection: Louvre Museum, Paris, France
Description
The painting depicts the 1633 trial of astronomer Galileo Galilei, a landmark moment in the conflict between scientific discovery and religious dogma. The dramatizes the Inquisition's interrogation of Galileo for supporting heliocentrism - the theory that the Earth revolves around the Sun - which was deemed heretical and contradicted Scripture.
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