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LastDodo number
5435891
Area
Prints / graphics
Title
DANIEL HEINSIUS BIBLIOTHE- CARIUS ET POLITICES PROF.
Year
1613
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15,4 x 10,3
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Portrait bust to the left inside oval by Daniel Heinsius (1580-1655). Heinsius was professor of philosophy and Greek in Leiden, librarian; secretary of the National Synod; in 1618 history writer for King Gustav Adolphus of Sweden; and since 1627 history writer of Holland 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 History Documentation, 2015.

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