Portrait of the classicist and historian Johannes Meursius, at the age of 52. He was a professor at the University of Leiden and the University of Soro. He carries a medallion with the winged lion of the evangelist Mark, the symbol of Venice. In the edge lettering of the frame the name and function of the person portrayed in Latin. At the top of the frame a motto in Latin. In the margin a two-line caption in Latin, Portrait of Johannes Meursius, print maker: Simon van de Passe, (mentioned on object), Copenhagen (city), 1631, paper, engraving, letterpress printing, h 156 mm × w 103 mm

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