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Print (Engraving, Framed) of Robert Boyle, by Pieter Schenck after the Painting by Kerseboom, Early 18th Century

Inventory Number 13356

Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.13356

Item type
Object
Provenance
Transferred from the Ashmolean Museum, Hope Collection of Engraved Portraits, in 1932.
Primary inscriptions
Caption within image, below portrait: 'Illustrissimus et clarissimus Robertus Boyle, Anglus.'. Motto within image, above portrait: 'Felix qui potuit rerum cognoscere causas.'. Signatures within image at bottom: 'I. Kersabome Pinx: Lond:' & 'Pet Schenk fec: et exc. Amst. cum Priv.'.
Other inscriptions
Hope Portraits Collection stamp. Mid 20th-century Oxford framer's label (damaged).
Physical material
Paper
Card
Wood
Glass
Object type
Print
Dimensions
Height: 420mm Width: 328mm
Inventory No
13356
Accession Number
1932-84

Description

Framed and glazed. An early engraved version, issued in Amsterdam, of Johann Kerseboom's famous portrait of Boyle, the head and shoulders contained in an oval frame on a pedestal. The Amsterdam engraver Pieter Schenk or Schenck seems to have been operating from about 1690 to 1730.

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