Engraving
- Title:
- Fredericus Ruysch
- Object Name:
- Engraving
- Object ID:
- 2010.501.0915
- Description:
- Engraving. Portrait of Frederik Ruysch (1638-1731). Steel engraving, printed on paper.Oval portrait of man in white, curled wig, white neck cloth, dark buttoned vest and robe on top, facing front; gray background within the oval. Printed in script around the oval starting at the upper right reads "Fredericus Ruysch, / Med. Doct. Anatomie ac / Botan. Prof. Amstelodam. / ocetatis 86. Mart 23..A 1723". In a box below the oval framed figure is the following quotation; "En tibi RUYSCHIADES qui tot miracula rerum / Corpore in humano conspicienda dedit, / Spectator gratare viro, qui tempore nullo, / Pro meritis grates non agit ipse DEO. / D. Hoogstratanus" "I.Wandelaar ad rivum delin." is printed on the left side below the quotation. "125" is written in pencil on the reverse.
- Material:
- Paper
- Dimensions:
- H-9.2 W-6.6 inches
- Credit Line:
- New Hampshire Historical Society Collection
- People:
- Ruysch, Frederik (1638-1731)
- Subjects:
- Ruysch, Frederik, Anatomy, Botany
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