Astronomer Copernicus, or Conversations with God [SEP] creator
Astronomer Copernicus, or Conversations with God
Astronomer Copernicus, or Conversations with God () is an oil painting by the Polish artist Jan Matejko, finished in 1873, depicting Nicolaus Copernicus observing the heavens from a balcony by a tower near the cathedral in Frombork (seen in the back). Currently the painting is in the collection of the Jagiellonian University of Kraków, which purchased it from a private owner with money donated by the Polish public.
The painting presently adorns the Aula of the Collegium Novum of the University.
Empire, and upon his return to Kraków finished "Astronomer Copernicus, or Conversations with God" ("Astronom Kopernik, czyli rozmowa z Bogiem"), which was acquired by the Jagiellonian University. From the 1870s he was aided in many tasks by a secretary, Marian Gorzkowski, who would become his "right hand", his closest friend, a model for a number of paintings, and an author of memoirs about Matejko.
In 1872 during an exhibition in Prague he was offered a directorship of the Academy of