Portrait of Antoni van Leeuwenhoek
Date
ca. 18th century
Sitter
Antoni van Leeuwenhoek (1632 - 1723, Dutch) , Naturalist
Creator
Unknown, Engraver
After
Jan Verkolje (1650 - 1693, Dutch) , Painter
Object type
Archive reference number
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (paper): 425mm
width (paper): 297mm
width (paper): 297mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Half-length portrait of Antoni van Leeuwenhoek, sitting at a writing table and wearing a shoulder length wig. A globe and ink set are visible on the right side of the table as viewed. He holds and points at one of his microscopes, used in his early descriptions of protists and bacteria.
Inscribed at the bottom of the engraving: 'ANTONI VAN LEEUWENHOEK, LID AN DE KONINGHLYKE SICIETEIT IN LONDON, GEBOREN TOT DELFF, A. 1632...'
[ANTONI VAN LEEUWENHOEK, A MEMBER OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY IN LONDON, BORN IN DELF IN 1632...'
Antoni van Leeuwenhoek (1632-1723) Dutch scientist, elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1680.
Inscribed at the bottom of the engraving: 'ANTONI VAN LEEUWENHOEK, LID AN DE KONINGHLYKE SICIETEIT IN LONDON, GEBOREN TOT DELFF, A. 1632...'
[ANTONI VAN LEEUWENHOEK, A MEMBER OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY IN LONDON, BORN IN DELF IN 1632...'
Antoni van Leeuwenhoek (1632-1723) Dutch scientist, elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1680.
Object history
Bequeathed to the Society by George Hugh Gabb (1868-1948), founder of the Leeuwenhoek Lecture.
This engraving is a miniature of the Jan Verkolje portrait, currently at the Rijksmuseum, Amstedam, Netherlands.
This engraving is a miniature of the Jan Verkolje portrait, currently at the Rijksmuseum, Amstedam, Netherlands.