Justus Lipsius

Portrait of man, surrounded by wreath with two flaming torches at the top. On the left and right each a horn of plenty, the right one surrounded by a snake and the left one by a banner with text. Rests on an architectural platform with an oil lamp on the left and right. Below cartouche with poem. Inscriptions and textual elements: POLITICA. / CONSTANTIA. / PHILOSOPHIA STOICA. / MILITIA ROMANA. / EPISTOLÆ. Inscriptions and textual elements: MORIBVS ANTIQVIS. Inscriptions and textual elements: VIRTUS. Inscriptions and textual elements: ROMA. Inscriptions and textual elements: LIPSIADÆ, velum est Timantis, imago. videri / Sol quoque sub piceâ non nisi nube potest. / Henr. d'Oultremannus. Inscriptions and textual elements: Corn. Galle Sculp. illustration from: Seneca, Lucius Annaeus, L. Annaei Senecae ... Opera quae exstant omnia..., Antverpiae : ex officina Plantiniana Balthasaris Moreti, 1652. Literature reference: De universiteit te Leuven 1425-1985/1986. Literature reference: Seneca-ed 1615, info J. Papy.