Petrus Burmannus
Jacobus Houbraken, Dutch, 1698 - 1780
after Herman van der Myn, Dutch, 1684 - 1741
1727
Engraving on laid paper
Sheet: 14 3/4 × 10 1/4 in. (37.5 × 26 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Purchased through the Guernsey Center Moore 1904 Memorial Fund
PR.964.106
Geography
Place Made: Netherlands, Europe
Period
1600-1800
Object Name
Research Area
Not on view
Inscriptions
Inscribed, in plate, lower center: PETRUS BURMANNUS Ultraj. I.U.D./Humanitatis studiorum Professor./SIREN. LATINA. DOSQVE. RARA. SAECVLI./SVI. STATORQVE. LITERARVM. ILLE. UNICUS./BURMANNUS.HIC.EST. GRANDE. DOCTORUM. DECUS./CVI. PALLAS. IPSA. SEDEM.IN. ORCHESTRA. DEDIT./J. de Witt.; lower left: H. vander My Pinxit. 1727; center: S. Luchtman excudit.; right: Jak. Houbraken fecit.
Provenance
Raymond G. Clifton (1895-1968), Pine Cupboard Antique Shop, Franklin, New Hampshire; sold to present collection, 1964.
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