Emblem 13. Ore of the Philosophers is dropsical, and needs to be washed seven times in the river, as Naaman the leper was in Jor

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Merian Matthäus the Elder - Emblem 13. Ore of the Philosophers is dropsical, and needs to be washed seven times in the river, as Naaman the leper was in Jor
Number:081740
Title:Emblem 13. Ore of the Philosophers is dropsical, and needs to be washed seven times in the river, as Naaman the leper was in Jor
Artist: Merian, Matthäus, the Elder (1593-1650)
Museum: Private Collection
Method: Copper engraving
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