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Half-length portrait of Descartes, who has long dark hair and a moustache with a small beard. He is dressed in a black coat or cloak with a white shirt collar, holding a hat in his left hand, just visible at the lower right of the painting.

The Royal Society

London

Title

Rene Descartes (1596–1650)

Date

17th C–18th C

Medium

oil on canvas

Measurements

H 75.9 x W 63.6 cm

Accession number

RS.9344

Acquisition method

bequeathed by Matthew Maty, 1776

Work type

Painting

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