Art, Symbol & Imagination
The Potter at His Wheel: Emblem XV
A potter sits at his wheel with a vessel forming beneath his hands. Finished jars, a basin and other tools fill the plain workshop. Emblem XV uses the potter’s balance of dry earth and water as a model for the alchemist’s understanding of materials.
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Matthaeus Merian. "The Potter at His Wheel: Emblem XV" [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 77. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/maier-potter-wheel
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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 Potter at His Wheel: Emblem XV. Atalanta Fugiens. Scan leaf 77. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/maier-potter-wheel