Art, Symbol & Imagination
The Three Fathers of the Philosophical Child: Emblem XLIX
Three men stand around a great animal hide beside a small fire. Their varied headgear and gestures distinguish the joined participants. Emblem XLIX compares the philosophical child’s three fathers with the birth of Orion, naming solar heat, Vulcan and Mercury within the explanation.
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Matthaeus Merian. "The Three Fathers of the Philosophical Child: Emblem XLIX" [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 213. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/maier-orion-hide
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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 Three Fathers of the Philosophical Child: Emblem XLIX. Atalanta Fugiens. Scan leaf 213. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/maier-orion-hide