Portrait of Botanist Georg Eberhard Rumphius (Rumpf), 1627-1702, who went blind from glaucoma in 1670. Image depicts Rumphius seated at a desk surrounded by objects and specimens from the natural world which he explores with his fingers. Text: Effigies. Georgii Everhardi Rumphii, Hanoviensis Aetats LXVII. Caecus habens oculos tam gnava mentis acutos, Ut nemo melius detegat aut videat: Rumphios hic vriltu est Germanus origine, totus Belga fide et calamo: caeterna dicet opus.
