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Portrait of Peter Portnerus

Maker

(engraver)
1630-1708

Title

Portrait of Peter Portnerus

Date of Production

17th century

Medium

engraving

Dimensions

Height: 17.5 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

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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.

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