Art, Symbol & Imagination
Sowing Gold: Emblem VI
A sower steps across a field scattering small round forms from a basket at his side. A tree, buildings and a distant river complete the cultivated landscape. Emblem VI compares the alchemist’s work with sowing gold in prepared white earth.
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Matthaeus Merian. "Sowing Gold: Emblem VI" [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 41. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/maier-sowing-gold
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Matthaeus Merian. Sowing Gold: Emblem VI. Atalanta Fugiens. Scan leaf 41. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/maier-sowing-gold