Porträt Stephan Wolters (1645-1718)

Portrait of Stephan Wolters. The pastor working in Gdansk is shown here as a chest pattern to the right. His gaze is directed towards the viewer. He seems to wear wig. In addition, his clothes consist of the costume of a clergyman: dark robe, buffalo and pileolus. The effigy is framed oval. The version is slightly decorated below and a longer text appears on Latin. Stephan Wolters was born in Hamburg and worked as a pastor and preacher in Gdansk, where he died. The etcher Pieter Stevens van Gunst (1659-1724), who worked in Amsterdam, produced the engraving. He was guided by a portrait of the Polish painter Andreas Stech (1635-1697). Signature: Andr. Stech pinx. P. v. Gunst sculp. Caption: Hamburgi genitum, merces curante, Parente WOLTERIDEN Bremae dixit Apollo suum, Theiologum variis formavit Leida Magistris, Sacraq [ue] tentatum jussit adire loca. Doctorem exhibuit quoq [ue] Cantabrigia, ductu AURIACI, quo nunc REGE Britannus ovat. Pastorem Basilea dedit, Gedanumq [ue] vocavit, Vt, quas collegit, Praeco locaret opes. Sic septem (a), pariter bis septem (b) finiit annos. Quae ventura rogas tempora? mirage. (a) ut Extraordinarius. (b) ut Ordinarius. Ao. 1695. Vitam Collegi Honoratissimi D. Stephani Wolters, Paucis expressit Michael Ernestus Rötherus, Dant: (VitHändel-Haus Halle Foundation)