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Image number: RS.9684
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Portrait of Johann Christoph Sturm
Date
17th century
Sitter
Johann Christoph Sturm (1635 - 1703, German) , Mathematician
Creator
Heyman Dullaert (1636 - 1684, Dutch) , Painter
Object type
Archive reference number
Material
Dimensions
height (painting): 546mm
width (painting): 450mm
width (painting): 450mm
Subject
Description
Head and shoulders portrait of Sturm, in a painted oval, wearing a shoulder-length wig, dark coat and white neck-cloth. Sturm has a thin moustache, curled at the ends.
Transcription
JOH. CHRISTOPH. STURMIUS MATH. PROF. ALTORF. R.S.S.
(19)
J.C.Sturm
J.C.STURM, (1635-1703) by H.DULLAERT
(19)
J.C.Sturm
J.C.STURM, (1635-1703) by H.DULLAERT
Object history
Presented by Theodore Haak FRS, 1684.
The painting was presented at a meeting of the Society on 27 February 1684: “Mr Theodore Haak presented the Picture of Sturmius for which he received the thanks of the Company from the President”. [Royal Society Journal Book, Original, JBO/7, meeting of 27 February 1684, p.213]. The painting is noted as being in the Society’s holdings in early museum catalogues. [Royal Society Manuscript MS/414 section 11 ‘Artificial Curiosities’, p.20].
The painting was presented at a meeting of the Society on 27 February 1684: “Mr Theodore Haak presented the Picture of Sturmius for which he received the thanks of the Company from the President”. [Royal Society Journal Book, Original, JBO/7, meeting of 27 February 1684, p.213]. The painting is noted as being in the Society’s holdings in early museum catalogues. [Royal Society Manuscript MS/414 section 11 ‘Artificial Curiosities’, p.20].
Associated place