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

In Conrad Gessner, Icones Animalivm Qvadrvpedvm Viviparorvm Et Oviparorvm ..., Heidelberg: Andreas Cambier (printer), Johann Lancelot (printer), 1606 (London, BL), p. 82

p. 82 (87 of 146 in-Urus figures)
p. 82
p. 83
Details
  • printing: impression
  • woodcut
  • paper
  • page: figure
  • book decoration: illustration
Matrices
  • Hippopotamus Biting Crocodile (Froschauer 1558)
Actors
  • Andreas Cambier (fl. 1597 - 1620) printer : 1606
  • Johann Lancelot (died 1619) printer : 1606
Places
  • Heidelberg production place : 1606
Design

Hippopotamus Biting Crocodile (Froschauer 1558) Part of Set for Gessner's Historia animalium (Froschauer) ◼

In-Urus interactions
  • ⇥ Hippopotamus Biting Crocodile (Jaggard) Part of Set for Topsell's History of four-footed beasts ◼
  • ⇥ Hippopotamus (Luchtmans) Part of Set of Spyck's plates with animals ◼
  • ⇥ Cristoforo Coriolano (printmaker), Hippopotamus Biting Crocodile (Tebaldini) (Bologna, Museo di Palazzo Poggi) Part of Set for Aldrovandi's works ◼
  • ⇤ Hippopotamus Biting Crocodile (Chaudière; Estienne) Part of Set for Belon's De aquatilibus ◼
Expert view
Iconography description
  • Crocodile (Iconclass: 25F43(CROCODILE))
  • Fighting animals (Iconclass: 25F(+51))
  • Hippopotamus (Iconclass: 25F24(HIPPOPOTAMUS))
Functional context

Gessner's Historia animalium or Icones, or Topsell (Natural history)

Caption

Hippopotamus

Credits
Created by
  • Grażyna Jurkowlaniec (2025-06-03 18:40)

Edited by
  • Grażyna Jurkowlaniec; Martyna Osuch

Last update by
  • Grażyna Jurkowlaniec (2025-06-03 18:40)

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