EPHRAIM BONUS

Vintage restrike 9 3/4 inch x 13 inch engraving titled D.or EPHRAIM BONUS MEDICUS HEBRAEUS.

Portrait of the Jewish physician Ephraim Bonus; half-length, seated on a chair, turned slightly to right, holding a hat in his right hand; a column at far right.

Print by Jan Lievens (1607 – 1674).

Jan Lievens was a Dutch Golden Age painter who was associated with his close contemporary Rembrandt, a year older, in the early parts of their careers. They shared a birthplace in Leiden, training with Pieter Lastman in Amsterdam, where they shared a studio for about five years until 1631. Like Rembrandt he painted both portraits and history paintings, but unlike him Lievens’ career took him away from Amsterdam to London, Antwerp, The Hague and Berlin.

Lettered in lower margin: ‘D.or EPHRAIM BONUS MEDICUS HEBRAEUS/ Alter Avenzooar grandi sub judice, magnus/ in medicis, magni discipulus que patris’.

Print size 14 inch x 18 inch

The engraving is in very good condition with age related toning. Reverse side blank.