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Techniques and Reception of Prints in Central and Eastern Europe (15th–18th c.)
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Guenon (Cercopithecus id est Simia caudata, Gatto Maimone, Marmot, Meerkatz, Marmoset)

In Conrad Gessner, Icones Animalivm Qvadrvpedvm Viviparorvm Et Oviparorvm ..., Heidelberg: Andreas Cambier (printer), Johann Lancelot (printer), 1606 (London, BL), p. 93

p. 93 (98 of 146 in-Urus figures)
p. 93
p. 95
Details
  • printing: impression
  • woodcut
  • paper
  • page: figure
  • book decoration: illustration
Matrices
  • Guenon (Froschauer 1551)
Actors
  • Andreas Cambier (fl. 1597 - 1620) printer : 1606
  • Johann Lancelot (died 1619) printer : 1606
Places
  • Heidelberg production place : 1606
Design

Guenon (Froschauer 1551) Part of Set for Gessner's Historia animalium (Froschauer) ◼

In-Urus interactions
  • ⇤ Guenon (Ceropithecus, Meerkatz). In Animal drawings collected by Felix Platter (so-called Gessner Albums), vol. 2 (Amsterdam, Universiteit van Amsterdam, Special Collections), fol. 40 Part of Animal drawings collected by Felix Platter ◼
  • ⇤ Heinrich (I) Vogtherr (printmaker attr.), Guenon (Beck) Part of Set of animals (Beck) ◼
Expert view
Iconography description
  • Guenon (Cercopithecus) (Iconclass: 25F22(GUENON))
Functional context

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

Caption

Cercopithecus

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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