Portrait of Giovanni Battista Morgagni
Date
c.1770
Sitter
Giovanni Battista Morgagni (1682 - 1771, Italian) , Anatomist
Creator
Giovanni Volpato (1735 - 1803, Italian) , Engraver
Object type
Image reference
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 315mm
width (print): 195mm
width (print): 195mm
Subject
Description
Half-length portrait of Giovanni Battista Morgagni within an oval frame on a pedestal. He is presented in formal academic robes, collar bands and a long wig. He is shown at a desk with a book in his right hand and an ornate inkwell in front of him. The engraving is signed ‘Jean Renard’, a vernacular name used by Italian engraver Giovanni Volpato on some of his prints.
Inscribed around frame: ‘HIC EST UT PERHIBENT DOCTORUM CORDA VIRORUM PRIMUS IN HUMANI CORPORIS HISTORIA’
Inscribed below: ‘JOANNES BAPTISTA MORGAGNUS / natus Forolivii die 25 Februarii anno 1682. / in Patavino Gymnasio e Primaria Sede / Anatomen adhuc docebat anno 1762.’ ‘Jean Renard Sculp.’ ‘Gio:Volpato’
Giovanni Battista Morgagni (1682-1771), Italian anatomist, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1722.
Inscribed around frame: ‘HIC EST UT PERHIBENT DOCTORUM CORDA VIRORUM PRIMUS IN HUMANI CORPORIS HISTORIA’
Inscribed below: ‘JOANNES BAPTISTA MORGAGNUS / natus Forolivii die 25 Februarii anno 1682. / in Patavino Gymnasio e Primaria Sede / Anatomen adhuc docebat anno 1762.’ ‘Jean Renard Sculp.’ ‘Gio:Volpato’
Giovanni Battista Morgagni (1682-1771), Italian anatomist, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1722.