Johannes Freitag. Line engraving by L. Kilian, 1635.
- Date:
- 1635
- Reference:
- 3263i
- Pictures
About this work
Description
Lettering identifies Freitag as a physician of Regensburg, portrayed at the age of 48
Publication/Creation
1635
Physical description
1 print : engraving
Contributors
Lettering
Effigies nobilissimi, clarissimi excellentissimique viri, d(omi)ni Iohannis Freitagii philosophiae et medicinae doctoris in Augusta Tiberii angusta celeberrimi. Aetatis suae. XLVIII. ... Lucas Kilian. sculps. A(nn)o MDCXXXV. Aug. XXIV.
Lettering continues: Hanc faciem Jan Freitag habet medicamine clarus, / Augusta in urbe Tiberi / in facie egregia rugas, in vertice canos, / miraris hunc videns virum. / Pro pietate gerit, pro zelo, proq(ue) labore, / quorum est amator strenuus. / Multa tulit Mavorte, plus, plurima peste: / multas per urbem angustias. / Desine quapropter mirari: secula fausta / viro precare libero. / Desine sed nunquam suspiria fundere, nos ut / Augustiis IAH liberet. / Liberet, ac salvo semper nos tramite ducat, / manuq(ue) forti protegat. / Paeonium in morem bene sic florebimus, hic, et / caelesti in horto perpetim / Apud Iesum requies est mea perpetua.
References note
R. Burgess, Portraits of doctors & scientists in the Wellcome Institute, London 1973, no. 1043.1
Reference
Wellcome Collection 3263i
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