Art, Symbol & Imagination
The Kitchen Hearth: Emblem XXII
A woman stands beside a hearth filled with vessels and rising steam. Pots, boards and a low basin complete the plain domestic interior. Emblem XXII uses cooking as an analogy for the further treatment of the alchemical material.
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Matthaeus Merian. "The Kitchen Hearth: Emblem XXII" [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 105. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/maier-kitchen-hearth
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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 Kitchen Hearth: Emblem XXII. Atalanta Fugiens. Scan leaf 105. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/maier-kitchen-hearth