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LastDodo number
5435827
Area
Prints / graphics
Title
IANUS DOUSA F. ACADE-MIÆ BIBLIOTHECARIUS.
Year
1613
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Dimensions
15,5 x 10,4
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Portrait bust to the left within oval of Johan van der Does (1571-1596), also known as: Janus Dousa. Van der Does was a Librarian of Leiden University in succession to his father, studied law, literature and mathematics in Leiden, was a poet and teacher of Prince Frederik Hendrik of Orange-Nassau. Copper engraving, by Willem Isaacsz. van Swanenburg (1580-1612). Used as an illustration in: J. Meursius. "Illustris Academia Lugd-Batava (...)", Leiden, 1613. Source: National Office for Art Historical Documentation, 2015.

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