Baillie, William (1723-1810) after Borch, Gerard ter (1617-1681)

A philosopher meditating [Heraclitus]

A man sitting by a table, leaning against the table top, with right hand on an opened book. A globe more to the background. Titled below: 'Engraved chiefly by memory from a picture of Terburgh' Signed on the bottom right: 'WBaillie...' with WB intertwined. l Mezzotint on laid paper, trimmed within plate mark; total: 290 x 224 mm; on the verso collector's mark of Pim van Eekelen, from the Stachelswine Collectie; traces of previous mountings on the verso

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Book number: 61028

Catalogue: Figuurstudie Philosophy