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English: "Euclid of Megara" (lat: Evklidi Megaren), Panel from the Series 'Famous Men', Justus of Ghent, about 1474, Panel, 102 x 80 cm, Urbino, Galleria Nazionale delle Marche. This picture is meant to represent the famous mathematician Euclid of Alexandria, who was, in medieval times, wrongly identified with Euclid of Megara, the disciple of Socrates.
Date circa 1474
date QS:P,+1474-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
Source http://www.aiwaz.net/panopticon/euclid/gi881c129
Author
Justus van Gent  (fl. 1460–1480)  wikidata:Q515796
 
Justus van Gent
Alternative names
Giusto da Guanto, Justus of Ghent,
Birth name: Joos van Wassenhove
Description Southern Netherlandish painter and drawer
Date of birth/death circa 1430
date QS:P,+1430-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
after 1480
date QS:P,+1480-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1319,+1480-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Location of birth/death Ghent Italy
Work period circa 1460–1480
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Antwerp (1460), Ghent (1464), Italy (1468), Urbino (1473–1480)
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creator QS:P170,Q515796
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current13:33, 26 October 2007Thumbnail for version as of 13:33, 26 October 2007776 × 1,449 (1.38 MB)5ko (talk | contribs)Same source, better resolution and quality
09:42, 18 May 2005Thumbnail for version as of 09:42, 18 May 2005253 × 400 (29 KB)Luestling~commonswiki (talk | contribs)Mittelalterliches Portrait Euklids '''Source/Quelle:''' http://www-history.mcs.st-and.ac.uk/history/Mathematicians/Euclid.html {{PD-Art}} Category:Science Category:Mathematicians Category:History of mathematics

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