Pufendorf, Samuel, Freiherr von, 1632-1694 – Historic Reproduction
![Pufendorf, Samuel, Freiherr von, 1632-1694, [no date recorded on caption card] — historic print](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/2f/2f8d04e2c268-L.webp)
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Step back in time with Pufendorf, Samuel, Freiherr von, 1632-1694, a historic print rich in period detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Pufendorf, Samuel, Freiherr von, 1632-1694
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Samuel von Pufendorf (1632-1694) was a German jurist and philosopher whose work shaped how European thinkers understood natural law and the rights of states. Trained at Leipzig and later a professor at Heidelberg and Lund, he argued that natural law could be grounded in human reason and sociability rather than in revelation alone, a position that influenced later writers on contract and government. This reproduction of an engraved portrait keeps his likeness alive for a figure who bridged scholarly law and the political debates of late seventeenth-century Europe. The record itself carries no date, so the print's exact origin remains uncertain.
| Created / published | [no date recorded on caption card] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print. |
| Notes | Repro. of engraving. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: BI; Shelf. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,103 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-155719 |
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