Artist: Johann Georg Mentzel (Germany, 1677 - 1743).
Title: Portrait of Paracelsus.
Titled, Dated, and Signed in plate: Der Weltberühmte Philosophus und Medicine Doctor Aureolus Philippus Theophrastus Bombastus von Hohenheim Paracelsus.
Dimensions: Plate 6 1/8" x 3 3/8".
Edition: frontispiece from unidentified posthumous edition.
Date: XVIII C.
Materials and Techniques: engraving on laid paper.
Provenance: The Estate of George "Yorgo" Demetrakopoulos; professor, assistant director of the Medieval Institute, and assistant to the dean at Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan, from 1965-2000.
Condition: Laid down. The signs of aging are appropriate for the time. A detailed condition report is available on demand.
Museums and Libraries: Wolfenbüttel, Herzog August Bibliothek, Inventar-Nr. A 15924.
Art Movements, Periods & Schools: German School XVIII C.