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5289105
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Prints / graphics
Title
D. GERARDUS VOSSIUS.
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12,9 x 11,5
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Portrait of the humanist Gerardus Joannes Vossius (1577-1649). Below the portrait is a 6-line poem in Dutch by Joost van den Vondel (1587-1679). Vossius was a Dutch Protestant theologian, linguist, historian and humanist. He was considered a homo universalis. Etching and engraving by Pieter Sluyter (1675 - after 1713), after the painting by Joachim von Sandrart (1606-1688). Signed in print. Published in Amsterdam by B. Bos, ca. 1700. Source: Rijksmuseum, 2015.

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