Portrait of Joseph Solomon Delmedigo

Willem Jacobsz

1628

Print portrait of man wearing hat, framed by Latin text.

This engraving by Willem Jacobsz Delff is based on an earlier portrait of scholar Joseph Solomon Delmedigo by Willem Cornelisz Duyster.

Credits

Willem Jacobsz, Delff, Portret van filosoof en geneesheer Joseph del Medico, 1628. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

Published in: The Posen Library of Jewish Culture and Civilization, vol. 5.

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Creator Bio

Willem Jacobsz

1580–1638

Willem Jacobsz Delff was a Dutch artist, a renowned engraver, and painter who came from a family of artists in Delff, the Netherlands. He and his brothers learned to paint from their father, Jacob Willemsz Delff the Elder (ca. 1550–1601).

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