Portrait of Friedrich Ruysch
Date
1838
Sitter
Friedrich Ruysch (1638 - 1731, Dutch) , Physician
Creator
Joseph John Jenkins (1811 - 1885, British) , Engraver
Creator - Organisation
After
Jan Hendrik van de Laar (1807, Dutch) , Painter
Object type
Archive reference number
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 159mm
width (print): 94mm
height (paper support): 198mm
width (paper support): 113mm
width (print): 94mm
height (paper support): 198mm
width (paper support): 113mm
Subject
Description
Half-length portrait of Friedrich Ruysch, facing forward and looking to viewer. He wears long wig, gown and falling collar.
Inscribed ‘FREDERIC RUYSCH, M.D. F.R.S.’ with facsimile signature and date, and pencilled ‘1715’.
Friedrick Ruysch was elected a fellow of the Royal Society in 1715.
Provenance: Noted in Catalogue of the prints in the possession of the Royal Society, by Henry George Plimmer FRS (1856-1918), manuscript, p.70
Inscribed ‘FREDERIC RUYSCH, M.D. F.R.S.’ with facsimile signature and date, and pencilled ‘1715’.
Friedrick Ruysch was elected a fellow of the Royal Society in 1715.
Provenance: Noted in Catalogue of the prints in the possession of the Royal Society, by Henry George Plimmer FRS (1856-1918), manuscript, p.70
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