A patron of our newly opened joint City/University library (check out URL below) is trying to find out background info on the following painting, including who owns it now: _Galileo Galilei Dictating His Observations to His Secretary_ (1870) by Vincenzo Cesare Cantagalli. A brief entry in Benezit identifies the artist only as a 19th century Italian painter born in Siena. Thieme-Becker hasn't heard of him, nor has Art Full Text, Artist Biographies Master Index, Dictionary of Art Online, or several other general art references. Our link to BHA is down right now so I'm not able to check that. Does this ring any bells with anyone? We've already spent about as much time on this as we can, but one never knows what the collective mind of ARLIS/NA will come up with. Edith L. Crowe Art & Humanities Librarian San Jose State University Library http://www.sjlibrary.org (408) 808-2037 Corresponding Secretary of the Mythopoeic Society http://www.mythsoc.org __________________________________________________________________ Mail submissions to [log in to unmask] For information about joining ARLIS/NA see: http://www.arlisna.org//membership.html Send administrative matters (file requests, subscription requests, etc) to [log in to unmask] ARLIS-L Archives and subscription maintenance: http://lsv.uky.edu/archives/arlis-l.html Questions may be addressed to list owner (Kerri Scannell) at: [log in to unmask]