thing:T86577

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

Things – T86577

Likeness of an aurochs 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 an aurochs sent to Gessner by Wolfgang Lazius

In-Urus interactions

⇥ Aurochs (Froschauer 1553). Part of Set of illustrations to Gessner's Historia animalium (Froschauer)
⇤ Likeness of aurochs sent to Herberstein by Seweryn Boner

Expert view

Iconography description

Aurochs († Bos primigenius) (Iconclass: 25F8(AUROCHS))

References

Bibliography

Credits

Created by

Grażyna Jurkowlaniec (2025-04-22 14:50)

Edited by

Grażyna Jurkowlaniec

Last update by

Grażyna Jurkowlaniec (2025-04-22 14:51)