Portrait of Daniel de Superville, The doctor Daniel de Superville in his library, half-dressed, dressed in a dressing gown, draped around his head with a cloth. In his right hand he holds a roll of paper with the text: Quantum est quod nescimus. To the left of him is a statue of Aesculapius, the god of health and medicine, with the escula monkey in his hands and an ointment jar at his feet. In the margin under the portrait is the name of the person portrayed, followed by a six-line text. In the center of the margin is a crowned coat of arms flanked by a lion and a cow., Aesculapius as patron of medicine, Daniel de Superville, Christian Friedrich Fritzsch (mentioned on object), 1744, paper, engraving, h 310 mm × w 207 mm
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