M0007025: Portrait of Paracelsus (1493-1541)

Photograph of an etching by P. van Somple after P. Soutman after the desiugn of the portrait in the Louvre attributed to Q. Matsys, of Paracelsus (1493-1541), Swiss physician and alchemist, with caption in Latin underneath.

30 July 1940

1 photograph sheet film negative; 16.3 x 11.8cm

Wellcome Collection holds the item depicted in the glass plate negative:7599i.

Catalogue data comes from a combination of entries in the original glass plate registers, metadata created when the glass plates were digitised in the early 2000s and enhancements made by the cataloguer in 2020.

Please consult the digitised version as this item is fragile. Email library@wellcomecollection.org to request access to the physical item.