Art, Symbol & Imagination
The Wolf and the King: Emblem XXIV
A wolf bends over the body of a fallen crowned man. Behind them, a second scene shows flames consuming an animal while a figure moves away. Emblem XXIV links the king’s consumption and restoration through the alchemical allegory of the wolf and fire.
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Matthaeus Merian. "The Wolf and the King: Emblem XXIV" [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 113. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/maier-wolf-king
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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 Wolf and the King: Emblem XXIV. Atalanta Fugiens. Scan leaf 113. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/maier-wolf-king