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Martin Limburger. Line engraving by J.C. Sartorius
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Martin Limburger. Line engraving by J.C. Sartorius
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Martin Limburger. Line engraving by J.C. Sartorius, 1692, after C. Eimmart

Member and president of the Nuremberg Order of Flowers of the Pegnitz, and writer of occasional verse on allegorical botanical themes. His academic name was Myrtillus Cyanus (cornflower) --Jürgensen, loc. cit., pp. 245-247

LETTERING: M. Martinus Limburger P.L.C. Pastor Kraftshof p(er) an(n)os XXIII meritisssimus atq(ue) sodalitatis florigerae director fideliss(imus). Myrtillus Cyanus. Myrtillus versu grandi bonus atque venusto Ornabat sano laurea ferta sono. Nat. A.C. d. 29 Jan. denat. A. Aet. d. 7 Februarii. Palaemon. C.E. pinx. Joannes Christophorus Sartorius sculpsit.

LETTERING NOTE: First line of verse contains chronogram for the year of his birth (1637); the second line contains a chronogram for his age at death (55). A foliate frame surrounds the portrait, with cornflowers and blueberries below

CREDITS: C.E. is identified as Georg Christoph Eimmart by Brulliot, loc. cit. ("George Christophe Eimart")

REFERENCES: Franz Brulliot, Dictionnaire des monogrammes, marques figurées, lettres initiales, noms abrégés etc. avec lesquels les peintres, dessinateurs, graveurs et sculpteurs ont désignés leurs noms, Munich 1832-1834, Appendice de la seconde partie, no. 52 = 390 bis Renate Jürgensen, Melos conspirant singuli in unum: Repertorium bio-bibliographicum zur Geschichte des Pegnesischen Blumenordens in Nürnberg (1644-1744), Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, 2006, p. 247

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Keywords: Martin Limburger; Georg Christoph Eimmart; Johann Christoph Sartorius
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