thing:T86576

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

Things – T86576

Likeness of a wisent sent to Gessner by Wolfgang Lazius

(location unknown, no copy identified)

Details

Actors

Conrad Gessner (26 March 1516 - 13 December 1565) owner : from ca 1553/54
Wolfgang Lazius (31 October 1514 - 19 June 1565) owner : until ca 1553/54

Places

location unknown, no copy identified storage place

Design

Likeness of a wisent sent to Gessner by Wolfgang Lazius

In-Urus interactions

Expert view

Iconography description

Wisent (Bison bonasus) (Iconclass: 25F24(WISENT))

References

Bibliography

Conrad Gessner, Appendix Historiae Quadrupedum uiuiparorum & ouiparorum, Zürich: Christoph Froschauer (printer), 1554, ad lectorem and p. 2

Credits

Created by

Grażyna Jurkowlaniec (2025-04-22 14:46)

Edited by

Grażyna Jurkowlaniec

Last update by

Grażyna Jurkowlaniec (2025-04-22 14:47)