Emblem 8. Take the egg and smite it with a fiery sword. From Atalanta fugiens by Michael Maier

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Merian Matthäus the Elder - Emblem 8. Take the egg and smite it with a fiery sword. From
Number:081735
Title:Emblem 8. Take the egg and smite it with a fiery sword. From Atalanta fugiens by Michael Maier
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