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

In Konrad von Megenberg, Naturbuch, vonn nutz, eigenschafft, wunderwirckung unnd Gebrauch aller Geschoepff, Frankfurt am Main: Christian Egenolff (printer), 1536 (Zürich, ETH-Bibliothek), fol. XIv

fol. XIv (29 of 47 in-Urus figures)
fol. XIr
fol. XIv
Details
  • printing: impression
  • woodcut
  • paper
  • page: figure
  • book decoration: illustration
Matrices
  • Venus and her children (Egenolff)
Actors
  • Christian Egenolff (26 July 1502 - 9 February 1555) printer : 1536
Places
  • Frankfurt am Main production place : 1536
Design

Venus and her children (Egenolff) Part of Planets and their children (Egenolff) ◼

In-Urus interactions
  • ⇥ Venus and Her Children II (Collegium Maius) (Cracow, Muzeum Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego Collegium Maius) Part of Planets and their children II (Collegium Maius) ◼
  • ⇥ Venus and her children (Berlin, Kupferstichkabinett) (Berlin, SMB, Kupferstichkabinett) Part of Planets and their children II (Berlin, Kupferstichkabinett) ◼
  • ⇥ Venus and her children (Unglerowa) Part of Planets and their children (Unglerowa) ◼
Expert view
Iconography description
  • Venus and her children (personification of the planet) (Iconclass: 24C215)
References
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  • digital copy (e-rara)
Credits
Created by
  • Grażyna Jurkowlaniec (2024-09-14 16:46)

Edited by
  • Grażyna Jurkowlaniec

Last update by
  • Grażyna Jurkowlaniec (2024-09-14 16:46)

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