Portrait of Johannes Held
Maker
(artist)
1630-1708
1630-1708
Title
Portrait of Johannes Held
Date of Production
17th century
Medium
engraving
Dimensions
Height: 22.3 cm
Width: 14.5 cm
Width: 14.5 cm
Accession Number
G.1990.WL.3402
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: upper centre, information about sitter: M. JOHANNES Held, AUERBACO PALATINUS, / EBRAEAE LINGUAE PROF. PUBS & GYMNASII NORIM. B. RECTOR / AEtatis anno XL. Christi ClOlOCLXVIII.
Inscription: recto: lower centre, latin verse about sitter: HEIDIUS, incisus nostris adamante perenni / ... [ 6 lines Latin] .../ Observantiae et Gratitudinis ergo F.F. / Auditores 1. Classis in Gymnasio Norimberg.
Inscription: recto: lower left, artist: Jacob Sandrart Sculpsit.
Inscription: recto: lower centre, latin verse about sitter: HEIDIUS, incisus nostris adamante perenni / ... [ 6 lines Latin] .../ Observantiae et Gratitudinis ergo F.F. / Auditores 1. Classis in Gymnasio Norimberg.
Inscription: recto: lower left, artist: Jacob Sandrart Sculpsit.
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