Effigies Paracelsi Medici Celeberrimi

• Engraved by P. van Sompel, Flemish. After P. Soutman
• Image: 11.75 x 8.25 in.
  Engraving on laid paper
• Not on display
• Gift of Fisher Scientific International
• Fisher Collection
• FA 2000.001.203
• No known copyright restrictions

Description

A bust-length portrait of Paracelsus (1493–1541), Swiss physician and alchemist, wearing a fur hat.

Inscription

Edura fortis fata refringero, / ut docta callens jura Machaonis; Artesque Phoeboeas salubri/ mente Paracelsus elaborat.
Eheu laborans! nec tamen irrita/ Decreta reddet: lurida perbrevi
Mors decolorabit, facemque/ Purpuream solvet favilla.