René Descartes. Line engraving by J. Suyderhoeff after F. Hals, 1649.

  • Hals, Frans, 1584-1666.
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1600-1699
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2470i
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1600-1699

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1 print : engraving

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Renatus Descartes, nobilis Gallus, Perroni dominus, summus mathematicus & philosophus. Talis erat vultu naturae filius unus / Qui menti in matris viscera pandit iter / Assignansq[ue] suis quavis miracula causis / Miraculum reliquum solus in orbe fuit. F. Hals pinxit I. Suijderhoeff sculpsit.

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R. Burgess, Portraits of doctors & scientists in the Wellcome Institute, London 1973, no. 795.3

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Wellcome Collection 2470i

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