Johann Adam Christoph von Lebenwaldt. Line engraving by P. Kilian.
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Top left: motto, "Musas venerantibus. Fulmen obest nullum capiti quod laurus obumbrat.". Top right: emblem titled "Gratias merentibus". Bottom left: emblem titled "Naturam indagantibus". Bottom right: coat of arms titled "Studia colentibus".
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1 print : engraving
Lettering
Adamus A Lebenwaldt ph: & med: d. com: pal: & poet: laur: caes: not: ap: p. inc: duc: st: phys: & med: cons: s. r. i. acad: nat: cur: collega. Ob. MDCXCVI.
Lettering continues: Effigiem sculptor liber atque scientia mentem / monstrat, papa virum, caesar, et imperium. / Posuit amic, I.G.S. Philipp Kilian s.
Four roundels in the corners of the portrait, containing devices with mottos.
Creator/production credits
The author of the verse signed "Amicus I.G.S." may be Johann Georg Seefried of Nuremberg (1599-1672)
References note
R. Burgess, Portraits of doctors & scientists in the Wellcome Institute, London 1973, no. 1711.1
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Wellcome Collection 5471i
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