CONTINENTAL SCHOOL, 18TH CENTURY 'Peter Ramus'

depicted bust length, inscribed "Peter Ramus", oil on panel, with label verso possibly attributing the sitter to Philip Melanchthon, 29cm x 22cm

Note: Peter Ramus (1515-1572) was a French humanist, logician and reformer who converted to Protestantism. He was a victim of the St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre.