Samuel Blesendorf
Friedrich von Canitz
n.d.
Physical Qualities
Engraving, Sheet: 320 × 225 mm. (12 5/8 × 8 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
Garrett Collection
Object Number
1984.81.4418
Inscribed: Recto: in plate: surrounding portrait oval: "Frid. Rudolphus Ludovicus L. B. De Canitz Ser. mi ac Pot. mi Elect. ris Brand Minist. Stat. Intim. ex ex"; below portrait: "Vultu quem cernis placidum svavem atq benignum, / Magnus judicio consilüsq fuit / Sordida, dice bat moriens est gloria mundi / Gloria que Crucis est, nunc mihi sola placet / Qviq lubens morior fateor me vivere velle / Ut tantum Christo vivere posse detur"; lower left corner: "A. Clerck pinx"; lower right corner: "S. Blesendorff Sc"
Markings: CM: Claghorn
