Sebastian Münster
Sebastianus Munsterus Prof. Ebr. L. in Acad. Basil
nat 1489. den.d.23 Maji 1552.
[Augusburg,
Johann Jakob Haid,
1747].
Mezzotint portrait.
220 by 148mm (8.75 by 5.75 inches).
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German printmaker Johann Jakob Haid produced a portrait of Sebastian Münster to serve as Plate 33 in Anton Brucker's 'Ehren-tempel der Deutschen Gelehrsamkeit' (1747), a series of portrait of fifteenth century German scholars. The portrait shows the cartographer wearing a doublet and beret, and holding in his left hand a small book. The image is set in an oval, beneath which the subject's name, position and dates of birth and death are given. The portrait appears to be draw...
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