About this sheet
Antique portrait titled 'Schwenkfeld'. Portrait of Caspar Schwenkfeld. Schwenkfeld was a German theologian, writer, and preacher who became a Protestant Reformer and spiritualist. He was one of the earliest promoters of the Protestant Reformation in Silesia. This print originates from 'Historie der kerken en ketteren van den beginne des Nieuwen Testaments tot aan het jaar onses Heeren 1688 ... In het Neederduyts vertaald' by G. Arnold.
Artists and Engravers: Gottfried Arnold (1666 – 1714) was a German Lutheran theologian and historian. Etching by Romeyn de Hooghe.
Condition: Very good, general age-related toning. Please study image carefully.
Date: 1701
Overall size: 19.5 x 32 cm.
Image size: 15 x 26 cm.
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