Portrait of Philipp Jakob Sachs von Löwenheim
Date
1675
Creator
Philipp Kilian (1628 - 1693, German) , Printmaker
After
Jacob Lindnitz (1618 - 1676, German) , Painter
Object type
Library reference
7838
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 196mm
width (print): 155mm
width (print): 155mm
Subject
Description
Half-length portrait of Philipp Jakob Sachs, his right hand resting upon the oval frame. The image contains two coats of arms and two circular vignettes, one with the motto ‘Numquam otiosis’ [never idle], the other with a crustacean and butterfly.
Frontispiece plate for ‘Memora Sachsiana…by Johann Daniel Major, Miscellanea curiosa medico-physica…1674 (Leipzig, 1675-1676).
Inscribed: ‘PHILLIPUS IACOBUS SACHS A LEWENHAIMB VRAT…’ Below, ‘Iacob Lindnitz delin. P. Kilian sculpt.’
Philipp Jakob Sachs von Löwenheim (1627-1672) German physician, naturalist and journal editor.
Frontispiece plate for ‘Memora Sachsiana…by Johann Daniel Major, Miscellanea curiosa medico-physica…1674 (Leipzig, 1675-1676).
Inscribed: ‘PHILLIPUS IACOBUS SACHS A LEWENHAIMB VRAT…’ Below, ‘Iacob Lindnitz delin. P. Kilian sculpt.’
Philipp Jakob Sachs von Löwenheim (1627-1672) German physician, naturalist and journal editor.
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