Portret van Julius Caesar Scaliger

This oval engraving depicts the bust of a bearded man with sharp, thoughtful eyes. He is shown in a simple cloak with his family coat of arms—a ladder—visible in the background. The border contains a Latin inscription detailing his name and the date of his death.

Julius Caesar Scaliger was a towering figure in Renaissance natural philosophy whose work on the 'subtlety' of matter influenced both mainstream science and the esoteric tradition. His writings were frequently cited by later 17th-century figures exploring the hidden properties of nature and the intersection of Aristotelian physics and medicine.