impression:T96184

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

Things – T96184

Vulture

In Conrad Gessner, Conradi Gesneri ... Historiae animalium liber III., qui est de avium natura, Zürich: Christoph (I) Froschauer (printer), 1555 (Zürich, ZB), p. 748

p. 748 (19 of 20 in-Urus figures)

Details

Matrices

Monogrammist FO (blockcutter), Vultur (Froschauer)

Actors

Christoph (I) Froschauer (ca 1490 - 1 April 1564) printer : 1555
Monogrammist FO (16th c. / fl. 1550 - 1570) blockcutter

Places

Zürich production place : 1555

Design

Monogrammist FO (blockcutter), Vultur (Froschauer) Part of Set for Gessner's Historia animalium (Froschauer) ◼

Expert view

Iconography description

Vulture (Vultur) (Iconclass: 25F33(VULTURE))

Functional context

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

Inscriptions, Markings and Mentions

Matrix inscriptions

FO

References

Web resources

digital copy (e-rara)

Credits

Created by

Grażyna Jurkowlaniec (2026-09-13 15:28)

Edited by

Grażyna Jurkowlaniec

Last update by

Grażyna Jurkowlaniec (2026-09-13 15:29)