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On the Portrait

Of the Far Most Celebrated Author.

THE ACADEMY OF PAINTING,

RICH IN THE ZEAL OF APOLLO,

BEHOLDS THE FACES OF APELLES,

AND THE FEATURES OF THE MAN;

WHO BUILT PAINTED PALACES FOR THE ART OF PALLAS:

AND TEACHES HOW TO PAINT WITH A NEWLY LEARNED MIND.

THE SCHOOL OF ZEUXIS PLACES THIS

PORTRAIT, AS IS WORTHY

OF THE DESERVING ONE;

LET ARTISTS

CARRY HIS FAME FOREVER

TO THE STARS.

CHRISTIAN RHODIUS,

Translator.

The poem uses classical allusions to compare the author, Joachim von Sandrart, to the greatest legends of antiquity. Apelles and Zeuxis were the most famous painters of ancient Greece. Apollo (Phœbus) is the god of the arts, and Pallas (Athena) is the goddess of wisdom and technical skill. By "building painted palaces," the poet refers to Sandrart's monumental literary and artistic work, the Teutsche Academie.