Gallery›Wellcome Collection›Martin Limburger. Line engraving by J.C. Sartorius, 1692, after C. Eimmart
Martin Limburger. Line engraving by J.C. Sartorius, 1692, after C. Eimmart
Wellcome Collection

Martin Limburger. Line engraving by J.C. Sartorius, 1692, after C. Eimmart

Georg Christoph Eimmart

CC0 — Public Domain
Wellcome Collection

Lettering: M. Martinus Limburger P.L.C. Pastor Kraftshof p(er) an(n)os XXIII meritisssimus atq(ue) sodalitatis florigerae director fideliss(imus). Myrtillus Cyanus. MyrtILLVs versu granDI bonVs atqVe VenVsto Ornabat sano LaVrea ferta sono. Nat. A.C. d. 29 Jan. denat. A. Aet. d. 7 Februarii. Palaemon. C.E. pinx. Joannes Christophorus Sartorius sculpsit. First line of verse contains chronogram for the year of his birth (1637); the second line contains a chronogram for his age at death (55). A foliate frame surrounds the portrait, with cornflowers and blueberries below.

🔒
Order museum-quality prints

Sign in to order prints, canvas, and more of this work. Browsing and full-resolution downloads stay free.

More from Wellcome Collection

Radcliffe Camera, Oxford: panoramic view with All Soul's College, Brasenose College and the Bodleian Library. Line engraving.
Wellcome Collection
Radcliffe Camera, Oxford: panoramic view with All Soul's College, Brasenose College and the Bodleian Library. Line engraving.
Unknown artist
A broomrape plant (Orobanche minor) with an associated beetle and its abdominal segments. Coloured etching, c. 1830.
Wellcome Collection
A broomrape plant (Orobanche minor) with an associated beetle and its abdominal segments. Coloured etching, c. 1830.
Unknown artist
China
Wellcome Collection
China
http://data.europeana.eu/agent/168352
The funeral ceremony of the Charles Darwin at Westminster Abbey, 26 April 1882. Wood engraving.
Wellcome Collection
The funeral ceremony of the Charles Darwin at Westminster Abbey, 26 April 1882. Wood engraving.
Unknown artist