Portrait of George Goethals
Maker
Christoffel Pierson (artist)
1631-1714
(engraver)
ca.1614-1668 (Life dates)
1631-1714
(engraver)
ca.1614-1668 (Life dates)
Title
Portrait of George Goethals
Date of Production
1667
Medium
medium : material : ink & support : material : paper
Dimensions
Height: 34.4 cm
Width: 22 cm
Width: 22 cm
Accession Number
G.1990.WL.1921
Mode of Acquisition
Witt Library, transfer, 1990
Credit
The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)
Copyright
Work in the public domain
Location
Not currently on display
Keywords
Provenance
Information not yet known or updated
Inscriptions
Inscription: recto, lower margin : IN EFFIGIEM VENERANDI DOCTISSIMI PIISSIMIQ. VIRI DOMN. GEORGII / GOEDHALSII GANDAV. FLANDRI. VERBI DIVINI ANTHEHAC IN BLARICUM / ET LAREN [colon] IAM VERO IN ECCLESIA HORNANA MINISTRI FIDELISSIMI / IPSOQUE AETATIS LXXXIII ET MINISTERII SACRI LVIII ANNO. / Umbra datur Pictrice manu quid plura requiris / Plusne potest umbrae quam levis umbra dari! / Quod solidum est proprio pingit Goedhalsius ore. / Sic referunt totum lingua manusq virum. / Des Schilders hant u hier een schyn of schaauw kan geven, / Maer soo ghy meerder als no schaaduw - toonsel tracht, / 'Tselftstandigh wessen maelt ons Godehals met syn leeven, / Neemt op dien heelen man, syn stem, en Leering acht. / Chr. Pierson Pinx. R. a Persyn Sculp. 1667. //
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