Portret van Johann Schilter op 66-jarige leeftijd

About this artwork

Portret in architecturale omlijsting, met onder in cartouche een lofdicht in het Latijn. Omlijsting versierd met christelijke symboliek.

Art Historical Context

This striking 1661 engraving by Johann Dürr captures Johann Schilter at the age of sixty-six, presenting the scholar in a dignified architectural frame typical of seventeenth-century portraiture. Created through the meticulous technique of engraving, the work allowed for fine detail and wide circulation, making scholarly likenesses accessible beyond elite circles. The composition places Schilter within a structured border adorned with Christian symbols, underscoring the intertwining of faith and intellectual life during this period. Beneath the portrait, a cartouche holds a Latin eulogy that ...

About the Artist

Johann Dürr · 1600–1663

Johann Dürr (1600–1663) was a German copperplate engraver who worked primarily in Weimar during the mid-17th century, producing prints for court and scholarly patrons during the tumultuous period of the Thirty Years' War. Born in 1600, Dürr's career spanned one of the most devastating periods in German history, when religious conflict and military campaigns brought widespread destruction to German...