Galileo's set of six watercolours of the Moon in its various phases.

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   First ever drawings of the moon made by Galileo Galilei after observing it through his telescope in 1609.

   Galileo produced this extremely famous set of six watercolours of the Moon in its various phases "from life", as he observed the Earth's satellite through a telescope in the autumn of 1609. They represent the first realistic depiction of the Moon in history.

   Galileo Galilei (1564-1642)
   Drawings of the Moon, November-December 1609
   Florence, Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale

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