Portret van Dēmētrios Gobdelas 1806

This 1806 engraving, *Portret van Dēmētrios Gobdelas*, by Johann Gottlieb Boettger, depicts the Greek scholar Dēmētrios Gobdelas. The subject is shown seated, holding a quill pen, with a celestial globe on a table nearby, which, along with the text below the portrait, hints at his scholarly pursuits. The engraving is a testament to the art of portraiture and the use of visual symbolism to represent a subject's intellectual life. This work is a fine example of 19th-century engraving, a technique used to reproduce images for mass consumption.