Paracelsus Portraits

1: Monogrammist AH - aetatis 45

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1538

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AH

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1821

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Artist:

Jacob Felsing

from:
Bildnisse der berühmtesten Menschen aller Völker und Zeiten, Zwickau & Leipzig: Gebrüder Schumann 1821, Neunte Suite, No. 108
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1675

“Theophrastus Paracelsus”

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from:
Joachim von Sandrart, Der Teutschen Academie Zweyter Theil, Nürnberg 1675, Buch 2 (italienische Künstler), Tafel L (nach S. 70)

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Engraving

Artist:

Carl Mayer

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2: Monogrammist AH - aetatis 47

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“Aurelius Philippus Theophrastus Paracelsus, alias Bombast ab Hohenheim”

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Artist:

Georg Paul Busch

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Engraving

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Woodcut

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1742

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from:
Fortgesetzte Sammlung von alten und neuen theologischen Sachen … auff das Jahr 1742, ed. Carl Ludwig Jacobi, 1742

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Artist:

Georg Paul Busch

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Engraving

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Copperplate engraving; etching

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“Effigies Au. Ph. Theophrasti Paracelsi aet. suae 47”

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1590

Artist:

Tobias Stimmer

from:
Nicolaus Reusner, Icones sive imagines virorum literis illustrium, Straßburg 1590

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from:
Nicolaus Reusner, Contrafacturbuch, Straßburg: Bernhard Jobin 1587

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from:
Gottfried Arnold, Historie der kerken en ketteren ... tweede deel, Amsterdam: Sebastian Petzold 1701, facing p. 585
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1688

“Theophrastus Paracelsus Medicus famigeratiss.”

Engraving

Artist:

[Johann Franck]

Description: bust-length, directed slightly to left, looking towards the viewer

Inscriptions: Theophrastus Paracelsus Medicus famigeratiss.

from:
Paul Freher, Theatrum virorum eruditione clarorum, Nürnberg 1688

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3: With Fur Hat

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4: With Beard

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5: With Hat

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Engraving

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