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Michael Denis

1729-09-27 – 1800-09-29

Portrait of Michael Denis
TitleDenisContributorDenis, Johann Nepomuk Cosmas Michael (1729-1800) (depicted)Caspar (artist) (designer)Blaschke, János (Austro-Hungarian printmaker, 1770-1833) (artist) (graphic artist)Dates.dPublisher(1790-1850)GenrePortraitsExtentvoorstelling: 142 x 80 mm voorstelling met opschrift: 145 x 80 mm.GraphicBlack-and-white ;LanguageGermanTypographical detailsetching(s)Additional infoInscriptions: DENIS. (in de voorstelling: onderaan, centraal)Inscriptions: Caspar pinx. (buiten de voorstelling: onderaan, links)Inscriptions: Blaschke sc. (buiten de voorstelling: onderaan, rechts)SourceLibrary CatalogSource IDlbsn9983025350101471Credit: Caspar (artist) (designer)

Life & Legacy

Johann Nepomuk Cosmas Michael Denis, also: Sined the Bard, (27 September 1729 – 29 September 1800) was an Austrian Catholic priest and Jesuit, who is best known as a poet, bibliographer, and lepidopterist.

Occupation & Career

curator, entomologist, poet, librarian, translator, zoologist, writer, lepidopterist, bibliographer, teacher, Catholic priest, Catholic theologian

Faith & Community

Catholicism

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Church

Catholicism

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Sources & Provenance

  1. Wikidata population candidate Q494586 — wikidata View source

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