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Christianus Noldius

Maker

H. Saurl (artist)

Johann Alexander Boener (engraver)
ca. 1647-1720 (Life dates)

Title

Christianus Noldius

Dimensions

Height: 18 cm
Width: 13.5 cm

Accession Number

G.1990.WL.2332

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

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Provenance

Information not yet known or updated

Inscriptions

Inscription: Recto: around frame: “CHRISTIANUS NOLDIUS IN REGIA ACADEMIA HAUNIENSI SS. THEOLOG.D. & PROFESS. PRIMARIUS. XIIXX ANNO MDCL //”; lower margin: “NOLDIUS hic nitido faciem declarat in aere, / Et cathedram hoc habitu conSpiciendus aclit. / Schema illud vultus ; fed quo flammetur ab igne / Spiritus, id vita, et Scripta polita docent. / Vis Sacrae nucleum Sophiae, nucleumg profanae? / Vis in Eberino ponere fonte fitim ? / Ut quaeras rivos diverso in climate dices : / In calamo NOLDI, purius unda fluit. / Olaus Borrichius / H. Saurl : pinxit. J. A. Baener Sc. //”.

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