Self portrait Anna Maria van Schurman (1607-1678), aged 33. Text (translation)
<pre>No pride or beauty prompted me 
to engrave my features in eternal copper; 
But if my unpractised graver was not yet capable of producing good work, 
I would not risk a more weighty task the first time.

A.M. à Schurman engraving and drawing.
1633.
</pre>
Adapted from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007%2F978-94-009-0139-1_4">link.springer.com Katlijne Van Der Stighelen ‘Et Ses Artistes Mains…’ The art of Anna Maria van Schurman, Note 29</a>
Anna Maria van Schurman (1607-1678)
1633
www.museummartena.nl <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.museummartena.nl">Collection Anna Maria van Schuurman in Museum Martena, Franeker</a>