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

[Nuremberg?] : [publisher not identified], [1692?]

1 print : engraving

M. Martinus Limburger P.L.C. Pastor Kraftshof p(er) an(n)os XXIII meritisssimus atq(ue) sodalitatis florigerae director fideliss(imus). Myrtillus Cyanus. MyrtILLVs versu granDI bonVs atqVe VenVsto Ornabat sano LaVrea ferta sono. Nat. A.C. d. 29 Jan. denat. A. Aet. d. 7 Februarii. Palaemon. C.E. pinx. Joannes Christophorus Sartorius sculpsit. 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

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

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

Wellcome Collection 787828i