Antique portraiture engravings from 17th century onwards
Lot 130047: Portrait engraving of Jan Jonston c 1650
This antique copperplate engraving portrait of the 17th-century scholar and physician John Jonston (Jan Jonston), born in 1603.
The engraving features a Latin inscription around the oval portrait identifying him as Johannes Jonstonus Med. D. and notes his birth date as September 15, 1603.
The bottom cartouche includes a verse dedicated to his comprehensive natural history works, credited to the poet Andreas Gryphius.
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