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Portrait of George Widman

Maker

(artist)
1613-1675

(engraver)
1630-1708

Title

Portrait of George Widman

Date of Production

17th century

Medium

engraving

Dimensions

Height: 23.9 cm
Width: 15.2 cm

Accession Number

G.1990.WL.3394

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: upper centre, information about sitter : GEORGIUS WIDMANN. / GYMNASII AEGID: QUOD NORIMBERGAE EST, PER / Annos XXIV. Coll. et Con-Rector. AEtat: suae LVI. Ao. MDCLXVIII

Inscription: recto: within portait frame : Haec, mandante Deo Trina ferenda feram.

Inscription: recto: lower centre : Pinxit Apollo meum WIDMANNUM, pinxit Apelles: /...[14 lines Latin]

Inscription: recto: lower centre left: Ipso die GEORGI / grata obtulit mente / Discipulorum cohors / secundae Claysis.

Inscription: recto: lower left and right, artist and engraver initial: G.Strauch delin. S.

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