Hygieia, Telesphorus and Aesculapius watch the presentation of exotic plants to a woman representing Knowledge (?), under the protection of the Academia Naturae Curiosorum, while a crowd of sick people wait expectantly. Engraving, 16--.
- Date:
- 1652-1699
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- 567797i
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Above, cherubim hold a coat of arms with the motto of the Academia Naturae Curiosorum, "Nunquam otiosus" (never idle). The woman receiving the gift holds a geometrical instrument and has epigraph "Rer[um] magistra" (mistress of the world). A chronicler on the left writes out "Ephemerid[es]", referring to the journal of the Academia Naturae Curiosorum entitled Ephemerides physico-medicae. One of the putti bringing exotic plants has an American headdress. In the background, sick people (?) watch with expectation
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1652-1699
Physical description
1 print : engraving ; image 17.9 x 13.7 cm
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Related to a similar composition by Jan Goeree, engraved by Jacobus Baptist and published as frontispiece to Abraham Munting, Nauwkeurige beschryving der aard-gewassen, Utrecht and Leiden 1696
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Wellcome Collection 567797i
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