Emblem 9. The tree with the old man in a house wet with dew, and by eating its fruit he will become young. From Atalanta fugien

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Merian Matthäus the Elder - Emblem 9. The tree with the old man in a house wet with dew, and by eating its fruit he will become young. From
Number:081736
Title:Emblem 9. The tree with the old man in a house wet with dew, and by eating its fruit he will become young. From Atalanta fugien
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