M0007627: Portrait of Petrus Antonius Foico (1683-1722)

Previous title, replaced May 2020: P.A. Foico (?). Oil painting.

Photograph of a framed oil painting of Petrus Antonius Foicus (1683-1722), physician, with lettering "Physicus Petrus Antonius Fojco F.Q. alterius P.A. Ann. 39. Obijt. 1722". A caption attached to the frame attributes the work to Pietro Longhi, likely for display in the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum. The painting was accessioned by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum on 14th January 1930 (CC 5128) and again on 14th February 1939 (P386/1939). Related images: V0017864, M0006713

22 January 1941

1 photograph glass plate negative; 12 x 16.5 cm

Wellcome Collection holds the item depicted in the glass plate negative: 45625i. Wellcome Collection holds the accession registers for the item depicted in the glass plate negative: P386/1939 and CC 5128

Catalogue data comes from a combination of entries in the original glass plate registers, metadata created when the glass plates were digitised in the early 2000s and enhancements made by the cataloguer in 2020.

Please consult the digitised version as this item is fragile. Email library@wellcomecollection.org to request access to the physical item.