Art, Symbol & Imagination
The King in the Heated Bath: Emblem XXVIII
A crowned figure reclines within a dark heated chamber beside a vessel of water. Furnishings and a nearby window place the enclosed bath within an urban house. Emblem XXVIII presents the king’s washing through the source’s alchemical and humoral imagery of purification.
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Matthaeus Merian. "The King in the Heated Bath: Emblem XXVIII" [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 129. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/maier-king-vapour-bath
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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 in the Heated Bath: Emblem XXVIII. Atalanta Fugiens. Scan leaf 129. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/maier-king-vapour-bath