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5383035
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Prints / graphics
Title
IANUS DOUSA E ACADE_ MIAE BIBLIOTHECARIUS.
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12,7 x 8,5
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Portrait bust to the right within oval of Johan van der Does (1571-1596), lord of Noordwijk (1545-1604), also known as Janus Dousa, nicknamed Pater ('the Father'). Van der Does was commander during the siege of Leiden, humanist, poet, administrator and librarian of Leiden University. At the bottom the title in Latin. Copper engraving. Maker unknown. Manufactured ca. 1630. Source: National Office for Art Historical Documentation, 2015.

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