Portrait of Tycho Brahe (1546-1601) Staines the poor were actively pauperised

the poor were actively pauperised and became more and more demanding and reliant upon handouts

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the deputy for Marseilles

Portrait of Tycho Brahe (1546-1601) Staines the poor were actively pauperisedHalf length portrait showing Tycho Brahe at full face, with thinning dark hair and a full beard with long moustaches. He wears a prosthetic nose [his real nose was cut off in a duel]. Brahe's face is bordered by a white ruff collar and he is dressed in a dark coat with gold buttons. He wears a triple gold chain from which hangs a medallion with a classical head in profile. His left hand rests on a celestial globe showing a cartouche [not legible] and