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5337183
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Prints / graphics
Title
GEORGIUS PHILIPPUS HARSDÖRFERUS: SENATOR NORIBERGENSIS NATUS Ao. 1607. DENAT. Ao. 58.
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22,8 x 14,9
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Oval portrait bust of the German writer and poet Georg Philipp Harsdörffer (1607-1658). He was born in Nuremberg and studied law in Altdorf and Strasbourg. He traveled through the Netherlands, England, France and Italy. In 1644 he founded the Pegnitzschäfer together with Johann Klaj; a literary company in Nuremberg. Copper engraving by Jacob von Sandrart (1630-1708), after Georg Strauch (1613-1675). Signed in print. Made around 1680. Source: Rijksmuseum, 2015.

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