Photographie Lunaire: Copernic-Képler-Aristarique
Gift of Amy and Neil Viny
Catalogue
- Year
- 1896
- Dimensions
- Sheet: 57 x 47.7 cm (22 7/16 x 18 3/4 in.); Framed: 88.6 x 77.3 x 2.6 cm (34 7/8 x 30 7/16 x 1 in.); Matted: 86.4 x 76.2 cm (34 x 30 in.)
- Collection
- Cleveland Museum of Art
- Artist
- Maurice Loewy
Artist

Maurice Loewy was a French astronomer and optical instrument maker whose precision photography of the moon and celestial bodies fundamentally advanced observational astronomy in the late nineteenth century. Working from the Paris Observatory, he developed innovative telescopic and photographic techniques that established new standards for astronomical documentation. His methods of celestial cartography influenced the future direction of astrophysical research.
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- Maurice Loewy
- Year
- 1896
- Dimensions
- Sheet: 57 x 47.7 cm (22 7/16 x 18 3/4 in.); Framed: 88.6 x 77.3 x 2.6 cm (34 7/8 x 30 7/16 x 1 in.); Matted: 86.4 x 76.2 cm (34 x 30 in.)
- Watts ID
- WW-1896-157285
Source
- Collection
- Cleveland Museum of Art
- Source
- cleveland
- Reference
- View at source
- Status
- verified


