impression:T9046

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

Things – T9046

Opossum (? Su)

In André Thevet, Les Singvlaritez De La France Antarctiqve, Avtrement Nommée Amerique ..., Antwerp: Christophe Plantin (printer), 1558 (Paris, BnF), fol. 106v

fol. 106v (28 of 39 in-Urus figures)

Details

Matrices

Arnold Nicolai (blockcutter), Su (Plantin 1558)

Actors

Arnold Nicolai (1548 - 1596) blockcutter : 1558
Christophe Plantin (ca 1520 - 1 July 1589) printer : 1558

Places

Antwerp production place : 1558

Design

Arnold Nicolai (blockcutter), Su (Plantin 1558) Part of Set of illustrations for Thevet's Singularities (Plantin) ◼

In-Urus interactions

⇤ Opossum (de la Porte; L'Huilliere; Buon) Part of Set for Thevet's works (de la Porte; L'Huilliere; Buon) ◼

Expert view

Iconography description

Opossum (Didelphis) (Iconclass: 25F29(OPOSSUM))

Functional context

Thevet (Natural history)

Caption

Inscriptions, Markings and Mentions

Matrix inscriptions

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References

Web resources

external link

Credits

Created on

2021-10-13 13:38

Edited by

Grażyna Jurkowlaniec

Last update by

Grażyna Jurkowlaniec (2023-07-20 08:28)