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

In Conrad Gessner, Icones Animalivm Qvadrvpedvm Viviparorvm Et Oviparorvm ..., Heidelberg: Andreas Cambier (printer), Johann Lancelot (printer), 1606 (London, BL), p. 28

p. 28 (26 of 146 in-Urus figures)
p. 27
p. 28
Details
  • printing: impression
  • woodcut
  • paper
  • page: figure
  • book decoration: illustration
Matrices
  • African Dog (Froschauer 1560)
Actors
  • Andreas Cambier (fl. 1597 - 1620) printer : 1606
  • Johann Lancelot (died 1619) printer : 1606
Places
  • Heidelberg production place : 1606
Design

African Dog (Froschauer 1560) Part of Set for Gessner's Historia animalium (Froschauer) ◼

In-Urus interactions
  • ⇥ Workshop of Matthäus Merian the Elder (printmaker), Tab. LXXI: Lynx and Dogs Part of Quadrupeds (Merian) ◼
  • ⇤ African dog (Canis Getulus). In Animal drawings collected by Felix Platter (so-called Gessner Albums), vol. 2 (Amsterdam, Universiteit van Amsterdam, Special Collections), fol. 4 Part of Animal drawings collected by Felix Platter ◼
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Iconography description
  • Dog (Canis familiaris) (Iconclass: 34B11)
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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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