Simon Pauli. Line engraving by A. Frölich.

Date:
1660
Reference:
7726i
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Description

He holds a book open to show an illustration of a skeleton on the recto and engraved lettering "Talis post mortem futur(us) O homo memineris te esse umbram" on the facing verso. Below, a cartouche is engraved with lettering from Psalm 71: "David im 71 Ψ v. 5 Du bist meine Zuversicht Herr Herr meine Hoffnung von meiner Jugend an."

Publication/Creation

1660

Physical description

1 print : engraving

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Lettering

Simon S.N.H.F. Paulli medicus regius ac in regia haffniensi academia primus anatomiae chirurgiae ac botan. P.P. ... A. Frölich sculp.

Edition

[State with finished engraved lettering].

References note

R. Burgess, Portraits of doctors & scientists in the Wellcome Institute, London 1973, no. 2251.1

Reference

Wellcome Collection 7726i

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  • impression with two elegiac couplets in praise of Paulli written by Tscherningius
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