Portrait of Christoph Schwaiger
Maker
(artist)
1552-1615
(engraver)
1579-1637
1552-1615
(engraver)
1579-1637
Title
Portrait of Christoph Schwaiger
Date of Production
c.1600
Medium
Dimensions
Height: 21 cm
Width: 13 cm
Width: 13 cm
Accession Number
G.1990.WL.3192
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: centre within image, black ink: "CHRISTOPH SCHWAIGER AETATIS SVAE LXVIII AN[N]O M. DC."; lower centre edge within image, black ink: "S.C.M. pictor Ioa[n]. ab Ach pinxit. // Lucas Kilianus Scalptor"; lower centre, black ink: "Caelandis gemma, SCHVAIGERE experte, Sigillis // Qui poteras gnarum vincere Pyrgotelem: // Pyrgotelem gratum Pellaeo tollere Regi // Quae neguijt, tollet te quoque nulla dies. // Verum parte tui, coelo, potiore receptus, // Summo anteis Regem. Pijrgotelemque bono // Memoriae Chariss. amici pie in Christo defuncti amoris et recordat. // ergo Dom. Custos cael. civ. Aug. Vind. lub. mer. dddt.". Mount, Recto: lower centre, black ink: "Johann van Aachen // 953/6 (17)".
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