Portrait of George Segnitzi
Maker
(engraver)
1630-1708
1630-1708
Title
Portrait of George Segnitzi
Date of Production
17th century
Medium
engraving
Dimensions
Height: 20.1 cm
Width: 14.3 cm
Width: 14.3 cm
Accession Number
G.1990.WL.3424
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, around oval portrait, description of sitter: GEORGIUS LUDOVICUS SEGNITZ CIVITATIS SUINFURTENSIS PRAETOR IMPERIALIS & IUDEX PRIVILEGIAT9 AEt. 66. Ao. 1672.
Inscription: Recto: lower centre, Latin verse: Non tua te facies, SEGNITZI picta juvaret, / Ni formosa foret dotibus ingenij. / Verum cum tincta hec Septum virtute Dearum. / Sit, nihil hac facie gratius else potest.
Recto: lower left and right, engraver, dedication : JSandrart Sculpsit. Joh. höeffel DretRein. Suinfort Confiliarius.
Inscription: Recto: lower centre, Latin verse: Non tua te facies, SEGNITZI picta juvaret, / Ni formosa foret dotibus ingenij. / Verum cum tincta hec Septum virtute Dearum. / Sit, nihil hac facie gratius else potest.
Recto: lower left and right, engraver, dedication : JSandrart Sculpsit. Joh. höeffel DretRein. Suinfort Confiliarius.
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