Josias Simler

Dietrich Meyer the Elder

Associated Names
Dietrich Meyer the Elder

Artist, Swiss, 1572 - 1658

The image shows a man with a long beard and mustache wearing a hat and a fur-trimmed garment. He appears serious and thoughtful. The background has a simple line border, and below the portrait is the text "IOSIAS SIMLERUS S.TEOLOGIAE PROFESSOR TIGURI."

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 15.2 × 10.4 cm (6 × 4 1/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1950.1.3

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Hollstein, no. 68.13, state i/ii

  • Series Title

    Portraits of Priests and Theologians

Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1949

  • Hollstein, F.W.H. et al. German engravings, etchings and woodcuts ca. 1400-1700. Amsterdam: A.L. van Gendt, 1980; Vol. XXVII, no. 68.13, state i/ii.

Inscriptions

in plate, at bottom: IOSIAS SIMLERUS S. ThEOLOGIAE / PROFESSOR TIGURI.

Wikidata ID

Q65080232

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