Author: atelier Passe, Crispijn van de I (1564-1637)
Title: [Portrait print theologian Antonius Thysius] ANTONIUS THYSIUS, 1715-1716.
Description: Bust portrait of theologian Antonius Thysius (1565-1640), founder of the historical Bibliotheca Thysiana in Leiden. The professor is turned towards the right, looking at the observer. In oval frame and further rectangular frames. Inscribed under the portrait: ANTONIUS THYSIUS, S.S.Theologiae Professor, with address: Lugd. Bat. ex Officina Petri Vander Aa. Included in Van der Aa's Fundatoris, Curatorum et Professorum celeberrimorum aliorumque illustrium virorum... published in Leiden between 1715 and 1716. , nr. 41.Antonius Thysius was een Nederlands Hervormde theoloog, hoogleraar aan de Universiteit van Harderwijk en Universiteit Leiden Engraving with some etching on paper from three plates; larger plate mark: 353 x 256 mm, total: 418 x 327 mm; some wear on external margins, a defect of pressing on the bottom (pinched paper), some foxing, otherwise in good condition. Van Someren 147.

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