2294. PORTRAIT OF GALILEO.
Passignano (Florentine: 1558-1638).
Domenico Cresti, called Il Passignano from his native place, a village near Florence, was a pupil of Zuccaro. Moving to Venice, he studied for a while under Paolo Veronese, whose works he greatly admired and whose manner he followed. His facility and rapidity caused a play upon his surname, and he was called "Passa ognuno."
The great astronomer (1564-1642) is represented with astrolabe, books, diagram, and compasses.