Benedictus (Baruch) Spinoza. Line engraving by E. Fessard, 1744.

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[1765?]
Reference:
8922i
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A Paris (rue d'Anjou la dernière p. cochère à gauche entrant par celle Dauph.) : chez Odieuvre m.d d'estamp. C.P.R., [1765?]

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1 print : engraving

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Benoit Spinosa. Né à Amsterdam, l'an 1632. Mort le 21 février 1677. Agé de 44 ans. A.E. pinx. Et. Fessard sculp.

Creator/production credits

The portrait engraved by Fessard was advertised in 1744 in the Mercure, p. 557, and then apparently modified to print the present state of the print in 1765 (Inventaire du fonds français, loc. cit.)

References note

Edmond Pognon and Yves Bruand, Inventaire du fonds français, graveurs du XVIIIe siècle, Bibliothèque nationale, Département des estampes, tome IX, Paris 1962, p. 39, no. 51
R. Burgess, Portraits of doctors & scientists in the Wellcome Institute, London 1973, no. 2800.1

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Wellcome Collection 8922i

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