Portrait of Peter Portnerus
Maker
(engraver)
1630-1708
1630-1708
Title
Portrait of Peter Portnerus
Date of Production
17th century
Medium
engraving
Dimensions
Height: 17.5 cm
Width: 11.5 cm
Width: 11.5 cm
Accession Number
G.1990.WL.3425
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: lower centre, information about sitter and latin verse: PETRUS PORTNERUS, CONSUL AC SENIOR IN SENATU / REIP.RATISBON.NATUS ANNO CHR.CIDIDDLXXX.V.MARTII / DENATgAN.CIDIDCLX.XXIII.FEB.AN.AETAT.80.SENATORIIMUNERIS47. / Sic oulos, sic ille genas, sic ora ferebat / PORTNERUS, Patrie qui modo PORTUS erat. / Mens funtur celo, corpus tellure, perennis / Fama refert meriti, frontis image decus.
Recto: lower right, engraver: I. Sandrart Sculp.
Recto: lower right, engraver: I. Sandrart Sculp.
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