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of the twolatter.^ It is popularly supposed that Galileo usedthe Torre del Gallo as an observatory. Thereseems, however, to be no ground for this belief;but that he sometimes came here to enjoy thegrand panorama displayed from the top is likely enough. Not far from the Torre del Gallo, and still… … The Torre del Galln, Arcelri, Florence. [To/ace /. 238. 1632] OBSTACLES TO PRINTING 239 lived, and here in 1635 he painted his celebratedportrait of Galileo. A photographic copy of thisis reproduced as the frontispiece to this volume.This picture, which is thought by experts to beSustermans chef…
