Eberhard Welper. Line engraving by P. Aubry, 1652.

1652

1 print

Bears dedication by P. Aubry to Welper: "Cl. Welpero hanc eius imaginem cult. & obs. c d.d. P. Aubry" Lettering includes three couplets of Latin verse extolling Welper by "M. Jacobus Honoldus, Ecclesiastes ... P.P. in gymnasio Ulmensi", identified by Herbst loc. cit. as Jacob Honold (1599-1664), the eldest of three scholars at Ulm called Jacob Honold

Roger-Armand Weigert, Inventaire du fonds français, graveurs du XVIIe siècle, tome premier, Bibliothèque nationale, Département des estampes, Paris 1939, p. 102 ("Evrard Welper. Buste, de 3/4 à dr., dans un ovale: '1652. Aet. 62'. Encadrement et armoirie. Dessous, vers latins: "Hic est... [etc.]'. A dr.: 'Cl. Welpero ... [etc.] d. d. P. Aubry'. H. 0m108 x L. 0m084.")

R. Burgess, Portraits of doctors & scientists in the Wellcome Institute, London 1973, no. 3152.1

Klaus-Dieter Herbst, Biobibliographisches Handbuch der Kalendermacher von 1550 bis 1750, online edition, 2020, URL: https://www.presseforschung.uni-bremen.de/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=welper_eberhard

Wellcome Collection 9603i