French mathematician,philosopher and theorist. One of the leading French thinkers of the 17th century, he lived in Paris from 1619 as a Jesuit priest. His work is central to the academic and scientific movements of his time, and a major part of it is devoted to music. On the basis of practical experiment and observations, he made important discoveries concerning the nature and behaviour of sound, which are the foundation of the science of acoustics in later times. He also wrote on the theory and practice of music. His principal musical treatise is the Harmonie universelle  Related Paintings of marin mersenne :. | The conversation in the store | Portrait of an Extraordinary Musical Dog | The Virgin and St Anne (mk08) | Memorial Service for Emperor Frederick at Kosen | Portrait of a Woman |
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Abbott Fuller Graves
1859-1936
Hector Caffieri
British,the New Water Colour Society which later became the Royal.1847-1832
Master of the Vienna Lamentation
painted Left wing of an altarpiece with the Circumcision and the Virgin of an Annunciation in c. 1515-1525