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

In Conrad Gessner, Icones Animalivm Qvadrvpedvm Viviparorvm Et Oviparorvm ..., Heidelberg: Andreas Cambier (printer), Johann Lancelot (printer), 1606 (London, BL), p. 48

p. 48 (53 of 146 in-Urus figures)
p. 47
p. 49
Details
  • printing: impression
  • woodcut
  • paper
  • page: figure
  • book decoration: illustration
Matrices
  • Cervus Palmatus Head (Froschauer 1554)
Actors
  • Andreas Cambier (fl. 1597 - 1620) printer : 1606
  • Johann Lancelot (died 1619) printer : 1606
Places
  • Heidelberg production place : 1606
Design

Cervus Palmatus Head (Froschauer 1554) Part of Set for Gessner's Historia animalium (Froschauer) ◼

In-Urus interactions
  • ⇥ Cristoforo Coriolano (blockcutter), Cervus palmatus (Bonomi; Ferroni) (Bologna, Museo di Palazzo Poggi) Part of Set for Aldrovandi's works ◼
  • ⇥ Workshop of Matthäus Merian the Elder (printmaker), Tab. XXXVII (Rangifer Reinthier, Carvus Palmatus, Tarandus Tarandthier Reinthiers geschlecht) Part of Quadrupeds (Merian) ◼
  • ⇤ Cervus palmatus ◼
Expert view
Iconography description
  • Cervidae (Iconclass: 25F24)
Functional context

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

Caption

Cervus palmatus

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

Edited by
  • Grażyna Jurkowlaniec

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

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