Author: Jacob Matham (1571-1631)
Title: [Antique print, engraving] PAVLLVS G.F.P.N. MERVLA BATAVVS DORDRACENVS (historian Paulus Merula), published 1602, 1 p.
Description: Bust portrait in oval of Paulus Merula (1558-1607), historian in Leiden.Signature on pedestal below on either side of the medallion: 'JAMattham / fecit' [JAM interlaced]. Date of portrait at bottom centre in margin of medallion: 'ANN. CHR. / CIC IC [second C of CIC and C of IC in reverse] CII / MENS, OCTOBR.' At top of medallion: 'VINCENTI LAVRVS'; four lines in Latin below on base: 'Hospes Baraui Merulae... subdunt Mare / Daniel Heisensius'. Engraving on paper, broad margins; plate mark: 208 x 144 mm, total: 274 x 200 mm; state II/2; New Hollstein 248.

Keywords: Portraits