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Portrait of Johannes Christophorus Widerus

Maker

(artist)

(engraver)
1630-1708

(publisher)
1630-1708

Title

Portrait of Johannes Christophorus Widerus

Date of Production

1655

Medium

ink on paper

Dimensions

Height: 26 cm
Width: 19.1 cm

Accession Number

G.1990.WL.3066

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: in cartouche surrounding portrait, printed: EFFIGIES REVERENDI ET CLARISSIMI VIRI, DN. PHILIPPI ERNRICI WIDERI, AUSTRIACI, ECCLESIAE EVANGELICAE RATISPONENSIS MINISTRI FIDELISSIMI AEt. 32. Minist. 6.; lower centre, within image, printed: Ecunctis primum te cernimus aere WIDERIS, / In te cunctorum cernere dona datur. / Amoris ergo fac. Dno. Patrueli suo honorando M. Ioh. Christophorus Widerus Gymnasij Poet. / Rector. / G.C. Eimaert ad vivum pinxit. 1655. Jacob Sandrart sculp: et Excudit. Mount: lower left, black pen: 965/33 (21); lower centre, black pen: G.C. Eimart; lower right, black pen: 260.

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