Emblem 5. Put a toad to the woman's breast, that she may suckle him 'till she die, and he become gross with her milk. From Atal

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Merian Matthäus the Elder - Emblem 5. Put a toad to the woman's breast, that she may suckle him 'till she die, and he become gross with her milk. From
Number:081732
Title:Emblem 5. Put a toad to the woman's breast, that she may suckle him 'till she die, and he become gross with her milk. From Atal
Artist: Merian, Matthäus, the Elder (1593-1650)
Museum: Private Collection
Method: Copper engraving, watercolour
Created: 1618
School: Schwitzerland
Category: Mythology, Allegory and Literature
Trend in art: Baroque
Keywords: Medicine, History of Medicine, Occultism, Manuscript, Manuscript illumination, Illuminated manuscript, Medieval Illuminated Letter, Illuminated art, Astrology, Alchemy, Alchemist, Opus Magnum, Magnum opus, History of science, Science in the Middle Ages, Kabbalism, Miniature, Atalanta fugiens, Michael Maier