Johannes Freitag. Line engraving by L. Kilian, 1635.

Date:
1635
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3263i
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Lettering identifies Freitag as a physician of Regensburg, portrayed at the age of 48

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1635

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1 print : engraving

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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

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Wellcome Collection 3263i

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