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Portrait of Marcus Zuerius van Boxhorn (1612-1653), professor of oratory at the University of Leiden, at the age of 28. Below the portrait an eight-line verse in Latin by Adriaan Hoffer. Boxhorn studied in Leiden. He wrote Latin poems and commentaries on Roman works. Boxhorn was the first to classify not only Greek and the Germanic, Romance and Slavic languages, but also Persian, Sanskrit, and the Celtic and Baltic languages into one Indo-European language family. Etching and engraving by Jonas Suyderhoef (1613-1686), after the painting by Pieter Dubordieu (c. 1610 - 1678). Published in Leiden or Haarlem by Jacobus Lauwikius, c. 1645. Source: Rijksmuseum, 2015.
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