Art, Symbol & Imagination
Mercury, Venus and the Rebis: Emblem XXXVIII
A seated man and woman lean together beneath a small two-headed figure standing on raised ground. An infant-like companion and distant landscape complete the group. Emblem XXXVIII names the Rebis and relates the joined being to the two mountains of Mercury and Venus.
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Matthaeus Merian. "Mercury, Venus and the Rebis: Emblem XXXVIII" [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 169. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/maier-rebis
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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. Mercury, Venus and the Rebis: Emblem XXXVIII. Atalanta Fugiens. Scan leaf 169. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/maier-rebis