Birth of the Milky Way Print by Rubens caravaggio The Astronomer print is recognised

The Astronomer print is recognised as one of the great Dutch masters of the seventeenth century

painted in oil on a white Lombardy poplar panel

The original of this diptych of Federico and Battista print is currently displayed at the Uffizi Gallery in Florence

The sculpture was commissioned to appear along the roofline of the Florence Cathedral alongside other statues depicting prophets but was placed outside the Palazzo Vecchio

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Birth of the Milky Way Print by Rubens caravaggio The Astronomer print is recognisedThe Story Behind the Birth of the Milky Way Print by Rubens This Birth of the Milky Way print shows the oil on canvas painting by the Flemish artist Peter Paul Rubens. Completed around 1637, it depicts the origin of the Milky Way according to Greco Roman myth. In the painting, Hera Juno spills her breast milk whilst nursing the infant Heracles Hercules. Zeus Jupiter can be seen in the background with his eagle and lightning bolts along with a carriage