Zie hier BARLAEUS beeld, 't beeld van den letterheld Die, schandelijk verjaagd door Dordrechts kerkgeweld, Den Amstel, daar hij grootsch op Dordrecht zegepraalde, Door zyn geleerdheid ruim voor dien triomf betaalde. 

• Joachim I von Sandrart 

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  Theodor Matham
• Copper engraving 
• No signature 
• Portret 

Half-length portrait of Caspar van Baerle, or also: Caspar Barlaeus (1584-1648). In the background to the right an image of the head of an ancient philosopher or poet (Homer?) And books. For a semicircular niche. With a 4-line caption in Dutch by J. Nomsz. Barlaeus was a Southern Netherlandish preacher, writer and poet, who mainly wrote in Latin. In 1608 he became a reformed pastor in Nieuwe-Tonge. In 1612 he was appointed sub-regent of the States College in Leiden. From 1617 he also became professor of logic in Leiden. He trained in medicine and obtained his doctorate in Caen. He still continued to teach philosophy in Leiden. In 1631 he became professor at the Athenaeum Illustre in Amsterdam. Etching and engraving by Theodor Matham (ca.1605-1676), after Joachim I von Sandrart (1606-1688). The drawing from which the print was made must have been created after 1621; 1676 is the year of the engraver's death; The present condition has the year 1786. Source: National Office for Art Historical Documentation, 2015.

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