Tobias Stimmer

Portrait of Copernicus from the casing of the Strasbourg cathedral astronomical clock
- Creator: Tobias Stimmer
- Technique: oil painting on wood
- Date: 16th century
- Description: Copy made by Józef Flik in 1989
- Location: Regional Museum in Toruń
Portrait of Nicolaus Copernicus
- Creator: Theodor de Bry
- Technique: copperplate engraving
- Date: 1597
- Description: Copperplate engraving by Theodorus de Bry from Liege and published in Jean-Jacques Boissard's Icones virorum illustrium in 1597 in Frankfurt-am-Main. The work was based on Stimmer's wood engraving and is a portrait featuring the bust of Copernicus. Turning to the right, the astronomer is holding a lily-of-the valley in his left hand. The portrait has an oval-shaped border set against a panel with floral decorative motifs. The publisher encircled Copernicus' figure with such personal details as his dates of birth and death as well as place of birth and origin: Tornaus, Borussus
- Location: Regional Museum in Toruń
Portrait of Nicolaus Copernicus
- Creator: Tobias Stimmer
- Technique: wood engraving
- Date: 1587
- Description: Illustration from Icones sive imagines virorum literis illustrium by Nicolaus Reusner published in 1587. The print, a copy of a drawing by Tobias Stimmer, is the earliest published graphic portrait of the astronomer. The portrait features the upper part of Copernicus body turned to the right. The astronomer is holding a lily-of-the-valley - an attribute of physicians - in his right hand. Under his right eyebrow there is a characteristic 'scar' which in fact was on the left side of his face. The engraving was reprinted in later editions of Icones... in 1589, 1590 and 1719
- Location: Regional Museum in Toruń
Postage stamp no 2088 from the series „500th Anniversary of Copernicus’ Birth”
- Creator: Henryk Chyliński
- Date: 18 February 1973
- Description: Postage stamp showing an image of Copernicus after an engraving by Tobias Stimmer. Print run of 5,215,000 stamps
- Location: Artur Sikora’s Collection

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