Jean Dominique Cassini – Vintage Wall Art
![Jean Dominique Cassini, [no date recorded on caption card] — antique lithograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/b3/b398e0f3ec99-L.webp)
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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This antique lithograph of Jean Dominique Cassini brings a moment of history to your wall. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Jean Dominique Cassini
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Jean-Dominique Cassini, the astronomer who gave his name to the Cassini family's long run of French mapmaking and observatory work, is the sitter here, rendered as a one-tint lithograph, a process that uses a single stone and one ink to build tone and line. Cassini (1625–1712) was born in Italy and spent most of his career at the Paris Observatory, where he charted the motions of Jupiter's moons and helped establish the scientific basis for accurate national mapping. The record gives no date for this print, so it is best read as a later portrait made from his well-known reputation rather than a likeness drawn from life.
| Created / published | [no date recorded on caption card] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : lithograph, one-tint. |
| Notes | This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: BI; Shelf. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,149 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-147663 |
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