impression:T74887

Techniques and Reception of Prints in Central and Eastern Europe (15th–18th c.)

Things – T74887

Beaver (Captioned as Hippopoamus)

(Amsterdam, Rijksmuseum)

Details

Previous states

Following states

Matrices

Beaver (state I/II) (Rome, ICG). Part of Set of Nova raccolta de li Animali piu curiosi del Mondo (state I/II) ◼

Complex object

In-Urus parts

Actors

Places

Amsterdam, Rijksmuseum (RP-P-H-H-576) storage place

In-Urus interactions

⇥ Animals of America. Part of Set for Montanus's America
⇥ Workshop of Matthäus Merian the Elder (printmaker), Tab. LXVIII (Vitulus marinus, Lutra, Castor, Lonx, Herinaceus, Hijstrix). Part of Set of illustrations to Jonston's Historia quadrupedum (Merian)
⇤ Beaver (Froschauer 1551). Part of Set of illustrations to Gessner's Historia animalium (Froschauer)

Expert view

In-Urus image-to-narrative interactions

Iconography description

Eurasian beaver (Castor fiber) (Iconclass: 25F26(EURASIAN BEAVER))

Narrative

Functional context

Caption

Thing liknesses

Inscriptions, Markings and Mentions

143

Matrix inscriptions

Hippopotamus Hippopotamo

Thing mention

References

Graphic catalogue entry

Matrices' graphic catalogue entries

Web resources

digital copy (Rijksmuseum)

Bibliography

Comments

State of art

Credits

Created by

Grażyna Jurkowlaniec (2024-06-02 17:19)

Edited by

Grażyna Jurkowlaniec

Last update by

Grażyna Jurkowlaniec (2025-02-13 20:04)