Martín Martinez, Professor of Medicine and Anatomy at Madrid. Engraving by J.B. Palomino after Valerio de Iriarte.
- Iriarte, Valerio de, active 1725.
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Behind, left, a library. In the foreground, Martinez writes in a notebook which rests on the two volumes of his "Medicina sceptica, y cirugia moderna", Madrid 1722-1725 (here inscribed "Med. scept. 1 [and] 2"). His wig has a long extension tied in a knot on the left side only
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1 print : engraving ; platemark 17.1 x 10.9 cm
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Martinus Martinez, Matritensis, Medicinæ ac Anatomes Professor, Societatis Hispalensis Socius, et ex-Praeses, &. Cum sit opinio docta quidem ignorantia tantum: / Nil scio, vel solum me, scio, scire nihil. Valerius Iriarte delin. J. á Palom.o sculp.
The verse "Cum sit opinio ..." means: Since learned opinion is in fact only ignorance, I know nothing, or rather I know only that I know nothing
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Wellcome Collection 23322i
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