Portret van Johann Oldendorp 1567 - 1587
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This is an anonymous portrait of Johann Oldendorp, a German legal scholar. It was created sometime between 1567 and 1587 and printed as a woodcut. The image shows Oldendorp in a three-quarter profile, wearing a fur-trimmed robe and a hat. He holds a book in his left hand. Beneath him, a German inscription identifies him as a professor at the University of Marburg and details his life. The portrait's simple style and focus on Oldendorp's likeness are characteristic of woodcut portraiture of the 16th century. This small woodcut would have been designed to be printed in a book or pamphlet, as part of a collection of historical figures, rather than as a stand-alone portrait.
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