Portrait of George Paul Imhof
Maker
G.I.L. (artist)
(engraver)
1668-1691
(engraver)
1668-1691
Title
Portrait of George Paul Imhof
Date of Production
1689
Medium
medium : material : ink & support : material : paper
Dimensions
Height: 32.3 cm
Width: 24.5 cm
Width: 24.5 cm
Accession Number
G.1990.WL.3173
Mode of Acquisition
Witt Library, transfer, 1990
Credit
Courtauld Gallery, 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: inscription : printed : upper left oval within image & recto : : Spero postatra Serena. //
Inscription: inscription : printed : upper right oval within image & recto : : Pro grege sommum excels volo. //
Inscription: inscription : printed : around portrait & recto : : GEORGIUS PAULUS IMHOF; REIP: NOR. II. VIR PRIM. PRAET. ET CASTELLAN NEC NON SUMM AE RAR. & XENODOCH. ADSP. PRAEFECT. NAT.A.MDCIII. DEN.A.MDCLXXXIX.//
Inscription: inscription : printed : within cartouche & recto : : SPE VIGILIUM HORAS FUGO //
Inscription: inscription : printed : lower centre & recto : : Ut de nocte Virgil rediturae / tempor lucis /Sperat, et hac inspe noctis / opaca fugat ; / Sic Ego, SPE VIGILIUM, celeres / FUGO temporis HORAS, AEthereos sitiens spe meliore / dies. //
Inscription: inscription : printed : lower centre & recto : : G.I.L ang ad vivum pinxit / AD 1689. / I. de Sadrat Sculpsit / AD 1689. //
Inscription: inscription : printed : upper right oval within image & recto : : Pro grege sommum excels volo. //
Inscription: inscription : printed : around portrait & recto : : GEORGIUS PAULUS IMHOF; REIP: NOR. II. VIR PRIM. PRAET. ET CASTELLAN NEC NON SUMM AE RAR. & XENODOCH. ADSP. PRAEFECT. NAT.A.MDCIII. DEN.A.MDCLXXXIX.//
Inscription: inscription : printed : within cartouche & recto : : SPE VIGILIUM HORAS FUGO //
Inscription: inscription : printed : lower centre & recto : : Ut de nocte Virgil rediturae / tempor lucis /Sperat, et hac inspe noctis / opaca fugat ; / Sic Ego, SPE VIGILIUM, celeres / FUGO temporis HORAS, AEthereos sitiens spe meliore / dies. //
Inscription: inscription : printed : lower centre & recto : : G.I.L ang ad vivum pinxit / AD 1689. / I. de Sadrat Sculpsit / AD 1689. //
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