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Zacharias Jansen, inventor of the telescope, ca. 1590-1596
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Zacharias Jansen, inventor of the telescope, ca. 1590-1596

Hendrik D. Jzn Sluyter · 1865 - 1870 · steel engraving; paper

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

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Jan de Brilman and his son Zacharias Jansen, the inventor of the telescope, in Middelburg, ca. 1590-1596. Part of the group of steel engravings after the paintings of the Historical Gallery of the Society Arti et Amicitiae.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
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printhistorieprentZacharias JansentelescopeMiddelburg
Credit lineZacharias Jansen, de uitvinder van de verrekijker, ca. 1590-1596. 1865 - 1870. Hendrik D. Jzn Sluyter. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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