Alexander von Humboldt
Friedrich Georg Weitsch · 1806
Why it's great
Alexander von Humboldt, the scientist who explored South America and described the planet as an interconnected whole, sits with his notebooks after a five-year journey. Friedrich Georg Weitsch painted him in 1806.
🏛️ Part of history
The Scientific Revolution & Enlightenment (1600–1789) — Alexander von Humboldt, the scientist who explored South America and described the planet as an interconnected whole, sits with his notebooks after a five-year journey.
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Friedrich Georg Weitsch was a German painter born in Brunswick in 1758. He worked in Berlin as a painter for the Prussian court and painted many portraits, including one of the scientist Alexander von Humboldt. He died in Berlin in 1828.
