Portrait of Hieronymus Wilhelm Ebner von Eschenbach
Date
c.1755
Sitter
Hieronymus Wilhelm Ebner von Eschenbach (1673 - 1752, German) , Diplomat
Creator
Johann Wilhelm Windter (1696 - 1765, German) , Artist
Object type
Image reference
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 320mm
width (print): 225mm
width (print): 225mm
Description
Head and shoulders portrait of Hieronymus Wilhelm Ebner von Eschenbach in profile within a roundel. Ebner faces to the right, as viewed, and his portrait is styled like a bust, with his long hair trailing down over his shoulders. The roundel is seen above a rectangular frame that contains an inscription in Latin.
Inscribed: ‘HIERON. GUILIELMUS EBNER/AB ESCHENBACH IN ARTELSHOFEN. GUTTENBURG. ERLENSTEGN. /GRUNREUT ET HIRSCHBACH/S.C.M. CONSILIAR. ACTUAL. CORON. ET. INSIGNIUM IMP. CUSTOS/S.R.I. LIB. REIO.NORIMBERGENSI CENSOR AC DUUMUIR/SUPREMUS COENOB. AD D. CLARAE ET PILLENREUT. PREAFECTUS/ LEGAT. EBNER. ADMINISTRATOR ET FAMILIAE SENIOR/ NAT. D. XXII QUINCT. A.O.R. CIƆIƆCLXXIII. OBIIT D. XXVIIAN. A.O.R. CIƆIƆCCLII.’ Inscribed below the image: ‘J. W. W. Nor. Fecit 1744.’
Hieronymus Wilhelm Ebner von Eschenbach (1673-1752), German diplomat and scholar, was not a Fellow of the Royal Society.
Inscribed: ‘HIERON. GUILIELMUS EBNER/AB ESCHENBACH IN ARTELSHOFEN. GUTTENBURG. ERLENSTEGN. /GRUNREUT ET HIRSCHBACH/S.C.M. CONSILIAR. ACTUAL. CORON. ET. INSIGNIUM IMP. CUSTOS/S.R.I. LIB. REIO.NORIMBERGENSI CENSOR AC DUUMUIR/SUPREMUS COENOB. AD D. CLARAE ET PILLENREUT. PREAFECTUS/ LEGAT. EBNER. ADMINISTRATOR ET FAMILIAE SENIOR/ NAT. D. XXII QUINCT. A.O.R. CIƆIƆCLXXIII. OBIIT D. XXVIIAN. A.O.R. CIƆIƆCCLII.’ Inscribed below the image: ‘J. W. W. Nor. Fecit 1744.’
Hieronymus Wilhelm Ebner von Eschenbach (1673-1752), German diplomat and scholar, was not a Fellow of the Royal Society.