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LastDodo number
5274493
Area
Prints / graphics
Title
Petrus Plancius, theologus et mathematicus insignis. S.S. ministerio functus, primum clam sub cruce in Flandria locis variis post publice Bruxellis An. VI postremum Amstelr. An XXXVII.
Year
1623
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Dimensions
16,7 x 13,5
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Details

Portrait of geographer and theologian Petrus Plancius (1552-1622) at the age of 70. Bust with beard and toga in oval frame with Latin inscription. In the bottom margin Latin verse in six lines. Copper engraving by Willem Jacobsz. Delff (1580-1638). Signed in print. Made in Delft in 1623. Source: Rijksmuseum, 2015.

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