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Men worship an ass bearing a religious image; alluding to both Aesop's fable of the ass and idol worship in Arianism and contemporary Catholicism. Etching by C. Murer after himself, c. 1600-1614.
- Murer, Christoph, 1558-1614.
- Date
- 1622
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Credit: Men worship an ass bearing a religious image; alluding to both Aesop's fable of the ass and idol worship in Arianism and contemporary Catholicism. Etching by C. Murer after himself, c. 1600-1614.
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Description
This is one of Murer's series to use Aesop's fables as illustrations to a moral point in his play
Publication/Creation
Zurich : Johann Rudolf Wolf, 1622.
Physical description
1 print : etching.
Contributors
Lettering
Ambitio. CM.
Publications note
For detailed information on Murer's series, see: Thea Vignau-Wilberg, 'Christoph Murer und die "XL. Emblemata miscella nova"' (Bern : Benteli Verlag, 1982)
Reference
Wellcome Library no. 26660i
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Languages
- Latin
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