Self portrait anna maria van schurman (1607-1678), aged 33. Text (translation)
no pride or beauty prompted me
to engrave my features in eternal copper;
but if my unpractised graver was not yet capable of producing good work,
i would not risk a more weighty task the first time. A. M. À schurman engraving and drawing. 1633. Adapted from link. Springer. Com katlijne van der stighelen ‘et ses artistes mains…’ the art of anna maria van schurman, note 29. Date: 1633.
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