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The image is a portrait engraving of Anna Maria van Schurman, depicting her from the waist up in a frontal position. She has a calm expression, slightly arched eyebrows, a straight nose, and full lips. Her hair is styled away from her face with curls around her ears and neck. She wears a draped garment with voluminous sleeves and holds a small object in her raised right hand. The other hand rests near her waist. The portrait is in an oval frame with her name. Cherubs on either side of the frame and a church tower in the background are visible. Mathematical instruments are incorporated into the border design.
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The image is a portrait engraving of Anna Maria van Schurman, depicting her from the waist up in a frontal position. She has a calm expression, slightly arched eyebrows, a straight nose, and full lips. Her hair is styled away from her face with curls around her ears and neck. She wears a draped garment with voluminous sleeves and holds a small object in her raised right hand. The other hand rests near her waist. The portrait is in an oval frame with her name. Cherubs on either side of the frame and a church tower in the background are visible. Mathematical instruments are incorporated into the border design.

National Gallery of Art · Print

Anna Maria van Schurman

Cornelis van Dalen the Younger, Cornelis Jonson van Ceulen, Clement de Jonghe

Date
after 1657
Medium
engraving on laid paper
Dimensions
sheet: 30.3 x 24 cm (11 15/16 x 9 7/16 in.)
Classification
Print
Accession number
2011.139.43
Credit line
Gift of the Estate of Leo Steinberg
Time span
1651 to 1700
Department
CG-E
Original NGA record Wikidata

Subjects and terms

  • Woman
  • Dress
  • Cherub
  • Writing
  • Frame
Provenance

Leo Steinberg [1920-2011], New York; gift to NGA 2011.

Inscription

on oval frame, in plate: ANNA MARIA A SCHURMAN.; lower center in plate (on cartellino): Tanta fides caelo, tanta est fiducia, divae / Hoccine Schurmannae vultus in aere micet?/ Disce gravis, sculptor, quae sit vesania caepti: / Haec, ais, haec aevi Sideris umbra tui est?/ Tun' similem praestes aetas cui nulla secundam / Edidit, et non est ulla datura parem? / CONSTANTER; botton margin in plate: Cornelius Ioson van Ceulen Pinxit Clemendt de Ionghe excudebat C. v. Dalen Iunior sculpsit; by later hand, lower left on mount, in graphite: Cornelis van Dalen the younger. Amsterdam 1638-1664 Anna Maria van Schurman, painter + poetess, / Hollstein V, p. 120. 153 ii/iii; by later hand, upper right verso, in graphite: 3,10; by later hand, lower left verso, in graphite: C'9 / 10/6 / 4938; by later hand, upper right mount verso, in graphite: 63, 281; by later hand, lower center mount verso, in graphite: 2/479

Marks

None.

Watermarks

Arms of Amsterdam

NGA object ID 156064. Collection metadata is reproduced under CC0. This work is included because its NGA published-image record is marked open access; visitors should recheck the source record before substantial reuse.