impression:T89467

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

Things – T89467

Sloth (Pigritia, seu Haut,& ignavum Animal)

In Ulisse Aldrovandi, Vlyssis Aldrovandi Patricii Bononiensis Monstrorvm Historia cvm Paralipomenis Historiae omnivm animalivm, Bologna: Nicolò Tebaldini (printer), 1642 (Washington, DC, Smithsonian Libraries), p. 145

p. 145 (25 of 27 in-Urus figures)

Details

Matrices

Cristoforo Coriolano (printmaker), Sloth (Tebaldini) (Bologna, Biblioteca Universitaria di Bologna)

Actors

Cristoforo Coriolano (fl. ca 1587 - 1603) printmaker
Nicolò Tebaldini (fl. 1602 - 1649) printer : 1642

Places

Bologna production place : 1642

Design

Cristoforo Coriolano (printmaker), Sloth (Tebaldini) (Bologna, Biblioteca Universitaria di Bologna) Part of Set for Aldrovandi's works ◼

In-Urus interactions

⇤ Sloth (Froschauer 1560) Part of Set for Gessner's Historia animalium (Froschauer) ◼

Expert view

Iconography description

Sloth (Bradypus) (Iconclass: 25F29(SLOTH))

Functional context

Aldrovandi's zoological works (Natural history)

References

Web resources

digital copy (InternetArchive)

Credits

Created by

Wojciech Kordyzon (2025-08-02 11:46)

Edited by

Grażyna Jurkowlaniec; Wojciech Kordyzon

Last update by

Grażyna Jurkowlaniec (2025-11-03 20:27)