Credit: ©The Royal Society
Image number: RS.2334
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Portrait of Gregorio Leti
Date
1690s
Sitter
Gregorio Leti (1630 - 1701, Italian) , Historian
Creator
Jacob Gole (1660 - 1741, Dutch) , Mezzotinter
Object type
Image reference
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 267mm
width (print): 210mm
width (print): 210mm
Subject
Description
Head and shoulders portrait of Leti in a shoulder length dark curled wig, enclosed in an inscribed oval frame surmounted by a coat of arms with the motto “Non Lethum Leti” and decorated with acanthus.
The main frame inscription reads: “GREGORIUS LETI HISTORICUS AETAT 58 Ao.1689”. Inscribed lower right: “J Gole Sculp.” In pencil, lower left: “1681”
Gregorio Leti was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1681.
The main frame inscription reads: “GREGORIUS LETI HISTORICUS AETAT 58 Ao.1689”. Inscribed lower right: “J Gole Sculp.” In pencil, lower left: “1681”
Gregorio Leti was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1681.
Transcription
GREGORIUS LETI HISTORICUS AETAT 58 Ao.1689
J Gole Sculp.
1681
J Gole Sculp.
1681
Object history
Noted in Catalogue of the prints in the possession of the Royal Society, by Henry George Plimmer FRS (1856-1918), p.43.
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