The Linder Gallery Interior painting: science, art, and mystery

At the intersection of art, science, and mystery lies the Linder Gallery Interior, a 17th century painting depicting a gallery filled with scientific instruments, mathematical and cosmic diagrams, a variety of Flemish, Dutch, and Italian paintings, and a curious collection of other objects. Apparently, it represents the controversial ideas that came to a head in Galileo’s 1633 Inquisition Trial. Once owned by the Rothschilds and swiped by the Nazis, the painting is now in a private New York City collection. Fortunately for us, Michael John Gorman, curator of the Trinity College Dublin's Science Gallery, became obsessed with the artwork and created a Web site and book, titled "A Mysterious Masterpiece: The World of the Linder Gallery." LINK



Michael John Gorman gives his talk 'The Linder Gallery: Art meets Science in a Mysterious Flemish Masterpiece' at the first IGNITE night at the Science Gallery, Trinity College, Dublin in September 2009. LINK: Youtube

A Mysterious Masterpiece (Science Gallery)

"A Mysterious Masterpiece: The World of the Linder Gallery" (Amazon)