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A woman holds up a jug; representing the study of nature. Engraving by E. Delaune, ca. 1560.
- Delaune, Etienne, 1518?-1583.
- Date
- 1560
- Reference
- 25858i
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Description
Above the woman are two gryphons, one with breasts; underneath them are two snails. At the bottom of the image are two dogs flanking a pestle and mortar
Publication/Creation
1560
Physical description
1 print : line engraving ; border 7.1 x 5.4 cm
Contributors
Lettering
Phisique. Cum privilegio regis. Stephanus
References note
André Linzeler, Inventaire du fonds français, graveurs du seizième siècle, Bibliothèque nationale, Département des estampes, tome premier, Paris 1932, pp. 285-286, no. 335 (Grotesques à fond blanc. Six sciences sont figurées par des femmes qui se tiennent debout entourées des attributs qui leur conviennent. Suite de six estampes encadrées d'un triple filet et, portant au bas, à l'extérieur de l'encadrement: "Cum privilegio Regis. Stephanus. f." — H. 0m070—L. 0m050 à 0m052. … 335. — 3. La Physique. — Elle tient de la main droite un rameau et de la gauche un vase; à ses pieds, sur une tablette : "Phisique". … Robert-Dumesnil, IX, p. 103, 342.")
Reference
Wellcome Library no. 25858i
Type/Technique
Languages
- French
- Latin
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