Iconologia deorum, oder Abbildung der Götter

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Iconologia deorum, oder Abbildung der Götter

Illustrated by: Joachim von Sandrart (German, 1606–1688)
Engraver: Johan Jacob Sandrart (German, 1655–1698)
Engraver: Georg Christoph Eimmart (German, 1638–1704)
Engraver: Susanne Maria von Sandrart (German, 1658–1716)
Engraver: Johannes Meyer II (German, 1655–1712)
Engraver: Richard Collin (Netherlandish (France), 1627–about 1697)
Author: Joachim von Sandrart (German, 1606–1688)
Printer: Christian Sigmund Froberger (German, active 1678–1723)
Publisher: Michael Endter (German, 1613–1682)
Publisher: Johann Friedrich Endter (German, active 1661–1682)

1680

Place of Publication: Nuremberg, Germany

Medium/Technique Illustrated book with engraved frontispiece, portrait, and 34 plates

Dimensions Overall: 38 x 26.2 x 6.5 cm (14 15/16 x 10 5/16 x 2 9/16 in.)

Credit Line Gift of Sylvester Rosa Koehler

Accession NumberKBR846.1

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsIllustrated books

Nuremberg: Christian Sigmund Froberger, for the author and Michael and Johann Friedrich Endter, 1680

Catalogue Raisonné Brunet V, 125; VD17 3:312576U; Hollstein, German, XL, p. 220-29, nos. 316-31 [Joh. Jac. Sandrart]; XLI, pp. 268-69, nos. 456-57 [Sus. Mar. Sandrart]

Description(Nuremberg: Christian Sigmund Froberger, for the author and Michael and Johann Friedrich Endter, 1680) Folio; 135 leaves, plus plates; contemporary vellum, rust cloth box. BOUND with Ovid, Metamorphoses, 1679 (KBR846.2)

Illustrations of allegorical designs after Sandrart, with portrayals of ancient gods; woodcut vignette of Hercules and the Bull on last leaf.

ProvenanceSylvester Rosa Koehler, Boston (first curator of Prints, MFA, 1837-1900), by whom given to the MFA, October 20, 1898.