Art, Symbol & Imagination
The King Receives the Cup: Emblem XLVIII
A crowned man receives a cup from an attendant while a physician waits beside him. Another royal figure rests on a bed in the rear room. Emblem XLVIII recounts the king’s illness and treatment within Maier’s allegorical account of change and restoration.
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Matthaeus Merian. "The King Receives the Cup: Emblem XLVIII" [editorial title]. In Atalanta Fugiens, Michael Maier. Inspected engraved title: Oppenheim, Hieronymus Galler for Johann Theodor de Bry, M DC XVIII (1618). Latin and German historical printing with musical fugues and engraved emblems, final errata. Printing date checked on an enlarged crop of the existing title derivative. No modern English translation or new commentary., 1618, Hieronymus Galler for Johann Theodor de Bry. Source scan leaf 209. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/maier-king-cup
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Editorial title and description. Source details from the Library catalogue.
Descriptive title supplied for browsing. The complete original page retains its Latin motto, epigram, margins and paper tone. The scene belongs to Maier’s historical alchemical allegory.
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Matthaeus Merian. The King Receives the Cup: Emblem XLVIII. Atalanta Fugiens. Scan leaf 209. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/maier-king-cup