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Etched oval portrait of a bearded man in a dark cap and jacket, with a printed caption below reading Jacob Zobel, Apothecary in Nuremberg.

Portrait of Jacob Zobel, Apothecary in Nuremberg

An etched oval portrait of a bearded man in a dark cap and high-collared dark jacket with slashed sleeves, set within a double-ruled frame. A printed caption below reads 'Jacob Zobel, Apothecary in Nuremberg' with a date of 1574. The plain background is densely stippled.

Artist
Unknown
Date
Medium
paper (overall material) ink (overall material) white (overall color) black (overall color) etching (overall production method/technique)
Source
Smithsonian (National Museum of American History)
Size
1110 × 1600 px
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Public domain · Smithsonian (National Museum of American History) releases this image under CC0 (undated).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Smithsonian Open Access)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of American History