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Techniques and Reception of Prints in Central and Eastern Europe (15th–18th c.)
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Tabl. XXXVI (Alces Elend / Cervus mirabilis / Oryx Cervi species aliis Alco)

In Jan Jonston, Beschrijving vande natuur der viervoetige dieren, Amsterdam: Jan Janszoon Schipper (printer), 1660 (Bamberg, SBB), after p. 54 (ix)

after p. 54 (ix) (33 of 80 in-Urus figures)
after p. 54 (ix)
after p. 64 (i)
Details
  • printing: impression
  • engraving
  • paper
  • page: figure
  • book decoration: illustration
Matrices
  • Tab. XXXVI: Elks and Reindeer (Schipper; Wetstenius)
Actors
  • Jan Janszoon Schipper (fl. 1639-1670) printer : 1660
Places
  • Amsterdam production place : 1660
Design

Tab. XXXVI: Elks and Reindeer (Schipper; Wetstenius) Part of Set of illustrations to Jonston's Historia quadrupedum (Schipper) ◼

In-Urus interactions
  • ⇤ Workshop of Matthäus Merian the Elder (printmaker), Tab. XXXVI (Alces Elend, Cervus mirabilis, Oryx Cervi species aliis Alco) Part of Quadrupeds (Merian) ◼
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Iconography description
  • Cervidae (Iconclass: 25F24)
  • Elk (Alces alces) (Iconclass: 25FF24(ELK))
  • Milking (Iconclass: 47I223)
  • Reindeer (Rangifer tarandus) (Iconclass: 25F24(REINDEER))
Functional context

Jonston's zoological and botanical works (Natural history)

Inscriptions, Markings and Mentions
Matrix inscriptions
  • Oryx Cervi species aliis Alco
  • Tab. XXXVI
  • Alce Elend
  • Ceruus mirabilis
Credits
Created by
  • Grażyna Jurkowlaniec (2026-05-16 06:54)

Edited by
  • Grażyna Jurkowlaniec

Last update by
  • Grażyna Jurkowlaniec (2026-05-16 06:54)

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