Joannes David Ruland. Line engraving by L. Kilian, 1623.
- Date:
- 1623
- Reference:
- 8289i
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He holds a vessel marked with alchemical symbols and a motto
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1623
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1 print
Lettering
In effigiem nobilis, clarissimi atque excellentissimi viri, domini Iohannis Rulandi, utriusque medicinae doctoris prudentissimi, &c. Lucas Kilian sculp: a. 1623.
Lettering continues: Haec facies faciem Rulandi, lector amice, / monstrat Iohannis: caetera res loquitur. / Utraque coniungens medicamina rite, salutem / aegrotis confert: hostibus invidiam. / Invidia quanquam sit gens rulandica maior, paeonia magnis clara tot arte viris. / Amico optimo; optime de se merito: l. m. p. Petrus Meiderlinus &c.
The portrait includes an emblem and a coat of arms
References note
R. Burgess, Portraits of doctors & scientists in the Wellcome Institute, London 1973, no. 2560.1
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Wellcome Collection 8289i
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